NSW TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN ACT 2009 - SECT 45 Consideration of capability of forensic patients to manage affairs
NSW TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN ACT 2009 - SECT 45
Consideration of capability of forensic patients to manage affairs45 Consideration of capability of forensic patients to manage affairs
(cf PE Act, s 18)
If the MHRT, after reviewing a person's case under Part 5 of the
Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 , orders
that a person 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.