New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

MENTAL HEALTH REGULATION 2000

- Made under the Mental Health Act 1990
- As at 16 November 2007
- Reg 529 of 2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Notes

   PART 2 - ADMISSION TO, AND CARE IN, HOSPITALS

           Division 1 - Voluntary admission to hospitals

   5.      Application for informal admission to hospital
   6.      Application for review of decision of medical officer

           Division 2 - Involuntary admission to hospitals

   7.      Authorisation of medical examination
   8.      Statement of legal rights and entitlements
   9.      Medical report as to mental state of detained person

           Division 3 - Inquiries relating to mentally ill persons

   10.     Notice of appearance before Magistrate
   11.     Appearance before a Magistrate or the Tribunal
   12.     Form of summons (inquiry by Magistrate)
   13.     Compliance with summons (inquiry by Magistrate)

           Division 4 - Temporary patients and continued treatment patients

   14.     Determination by the Tribunal
   15.     Periodic medical examination of continued treatment patient

           Division 5 - Discharge of patients

   16.     Notice of discharge
   17.     Appeal against refusal to discharge

   PART 3 - FORENSIC PATIENTS

   18.     Persons taken to be forensic patients
   19.     Prescribed authority (forensic patients)
   20.     Transfer of prisoner to hospital

   PART 4 - COMMUNITY COUNSELLING ORDERS AND COMMUNITY TREATMENT ORDERS

   21.     Notice of rights after refusal of treatment
   22.     Application for variation or revocation of community orders
   23.     Orders that may be made on appeal under section 151

   PART 5 - TREATMENTS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS

           Division 1 - Psychosurgery

   24.     Procedure before consent to psychosurgery
   25.     Consent of Board to psychosurgery
   26.     Form of summons (Psychosurgery Review Board)
   27.     Compliance with summons (Psychosurgery Review Board)

           Division 2 - Electro convulsive therapy

   28.     Procedure before consent to electro convulsive therapy
   29.     Consent to electro convulsive therapy
   30.     Notice of application to administer electro convulsive therapy
   31.     Register of information relating to electro convulsive therapy

           Division 3 - Notice of treatment of patients

   32.     Notice to relative of application to perform surgical operation or carry out special treatment

   PART 6 - AUTHORISED HOSPITALS

   33.     Application for licence for authorised hospital
   34.     Annual licence fee for authorised hospital
   35.     Fee for duplicate licence

   PART 7 - MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW TRIBUNAL

   36.     Form of summons (Mental Health Review Tribunal)
   37.     Compliance with summons (Mental Health Review Tribunal)
   38.     Fee for copy of Tribunal determination

   PART 7A - INTERSTATE PATIENTS AND MENTAL HEALTH LAWS

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   38A.    Definitions
   38B.    Corresponding laws

           Division 2 - Apprehension of persons absent from hospital or in breach of orders

   38C.    Recognition of interstate orders
   38D.    Apprehension of patients and persons under interstate apprehension orders

           Division 3 - Transfer of patients and persons from this State

   38E.    Admission of persons to interstate hospitals and facilities
   38F.    Transfer of patients from this State to interstate hospitals

           Division 4 - Transfer of persons to this State

   38G.    Admission of interstate persons to hospitals in this State
   38H.    Transfer of interstate persons to hospitals in this State

           Division 5 - Community treatment orders

   38I.    Victorian community treatment orders relating to New South Wales residents
   38J.    ACT treatment orders relating to New South Wales residents
   38JA.   Queensland treatment orders relating to New South Wales residents
   38K.    Limitations on treatment under interstate community treatment orders

   PART 8 - MISCELLANEOUS

   39.     Fee for transcript of proceedings
   40.     Oath of office—assessors
   40A.    Delegation of functions of the Chief Health Officer
   41.     Information as to follow-up care after discharge
   42.     Involuntary referrals to be reported to Tribunal
   43.     Magistrate’s inquiries to be reported to Tribunal
   44.     Order or direction by Magistrate—inquiries relating to mentally ill persons
   45.     Persons who may apply for community counselling orders and community treatment orders
   46.     Savings
           SCHEDULE 1