New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

MENTAL HEALTH REGULATION 2007 - REG 28

28 Admission of persons to interstate mental health facilities and facilities

(1) For the purposes of section 174 (2) (b) of the Act, the following persons are authorised to take a person to an interstate mental health facility:

(a) the medical superintendent of a mental health facility in this State or a person authorised by the medical superintendent,

(b) a NSW police officer,

(c) a NSW ambulance officer (except where the person is being taken to a Queensland authorised mental health service).

(2) For the purposes of section 174 (3) (c) of the Act, the following are mental health facilities to which a person may be taken under section 174 of the Act:

(a) a Victorian mental health facility,

(b) an ACT approved facility,

(c) a Queensland authorised mental health service,

(d) a South Australian approved treatment centre.

Note: Under section 174 (2) of the Act, a person who is authorised under a corresponding law may also take a person to an interstate mental health facility.