New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

MENTAL HEALTH REGULATION 2007 - REG 37

37 Patients Trust Fund

(1) Money received by the responsible person from a patient for custody on behalf of the patient or from some other person for the benefit, use or enjoyment of a specified patient, is to be paid into the relevant Patients Trust Fund.

(2) The responsible person is to keep a separate current account in the relevant Patients Trust Fund in respect of each patient.

(3) Money standing to the credit of a patient’s account may be withdrawn by the patient for any purpose that, in the opinion of the responsible person, is for the benefit, use or enjoyment of the patient.