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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1990 - SECT 5 Additional administrative objects of Act

This legislation has been repealed.

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1990 - SECT 5

Additional administrative objects of Act

5 Additional administrative objects of Act

In addition to the objects set out in section 4, the objects of this Act are:

(a) to establish the Mental Health Review Tribunal, and
(b) to provide for the appointment and functions of official visitors, authorised officers and welfare officers, and
(c) to complement the operation of the Guardianship Act 1987 , but not, except as provided by that Act, to affect the operation of that Act, and
(d) to ensure that persons who are mentally ill or mentally disordered are informed of the provisions of this Act, and
(e) to provide, as far as practicable, for proceedings under this Act before the Tribunal, a Magistrate or the Psychosurgery Review Board to be conducted with as little formality and legal technicality and form as the circumstances of the case permit.