NSW TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN ACT 2009 - SECT 44 Consideration of capability to manage affairs at mental health inquiries

NSW TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN ACT 2009 - SECT 44

44 Consideration of capability to manage affairs at mental health inquiries

If the MHRT after conducting a mental health inquiry orders that the person subject to the inquiry be detained in a mental health facility, it must--

(a) consider whether the person is capable of managing his or her own affairs, and

(b) if satisfied that the person is not capable of managing his or her own affairs, order that the estate of the person be subject to management under this Act.