MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - As at 1 February 2024 - Act 5 of 2016
- As at 1 February 2024
- Act 5 of 2016
Table of Provisions
CHAPTER 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 1 - INTRODUCTION
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Main objects of Act
- 4 Act binds all persons
PART 2 - PRINCIPLES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ACT
- 5 Principles for persons with mental illness
- 6 Principles for victims and others
- 7 Regard to principles
- 8 Application to person with intellectual disability
PART 3 - INTERPRETATION
PART 4 - OVERVIEW OF ACT
- 17 Purpose of pt 4
- 18 Treatment authorities
- 19 Persons in custody
- 20 Psychiatrist reports
- 21 Mental Health Court
- 22 Magistrates Courts
- 23 Treatment and care of patients
- 24 Mechanical restraint, seclusion, physical restraint and other practices
- 25 Rights of patients
- 26 Chief psychiatrist
- 27 Information notices
- 28 Mental Health Review Tribunal
- 29 Appeals
CHAPTER 2 - MAKING OF TREATMENT AUTHORITIES AFTER EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - EXAMINATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ASSESSMENT
Division 1 - Examinations generally
Division 2 - Powers under examination authorities
- 32 Powers of doctor or authorised mental health practitioner
- 33 Reasonable help and force to exercise powers
- 34 Asking police officer for help
- 35 Action before exercising powers
Division 3 - Detention of particular persons to make recommendation for assessment
- 36 Powers of doctor or authorised mental health practitioner
- 37 Reasonable help and force to exercise powers
- 38 Action before exercising powers
Division 4 - Recommendations for assessment
- 39 Making recommendation for assessment
- 40 Notice of making
- 41 Duration
- 42 Revocation
PART 3 - ASSESSMENTS
- 43 Making assessment
- 44 Where and how person may be assessed
- 45 Detention for assessment
- 46 Start of assessment period to be noted
- 47 Explaining decision not to make treatment authority
PART 4 - TREATMENT AUTHORITIES
- 48 Application of pt 4
- 49 Making treatment authority
- 50 Form of treatment authority
- 51 Category
- 52 Limited community treatment
- 53 Nature and extent of treatment and care
- 54 When advance health directive not followed
- 55 Notice of making
- 56 Review of treatment authority if not made by psychiatrist
- 57 Decision on review
- 58 Notice about review
- 59 Date for first assessment
- 60 Relationship with forensic order (disability)
CHAPTER 3 - PERSONS IN CUSTODY
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
- 61 Purpose of ch 3
- 62 Definitions for ch 3
- 63 Meaning of person in custody
- 64 Meaning of classified patient
PART 2 - TRANSPORT OF PERSONS IN CUSTODY TO AUTHORISED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- 65 Transport for assessment
- 66 Transport for treatment and care under treatment authority or particular orders
- 67 Transport for treatment and care by consent
- 68 Transfer recommendation
- 69 Administrator consent
- 70 Prior approval of chief psychiatrist for transport of minor to high security unit
- 71 Custodian consent
- 72 Notice to chief psychiatrist if person in custody not transported within 72 hours
- 73 Chief psychiatrist consent for transport
PART 3 - PERSONS IN CUSTODY REMAINING IN AUTHORISED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- 74 Person subject to examination order or court examination order remaining in authorised mental health service
PART 4 - REQUIREMENTS APPLYING WHEN PERSON IN CUSTODY BECOMES CLASSIFIED PATIENT
Note—
- 75 Explanation to person in custody who becomes classified patient
- 76 Notice to chief psychiatrist of person in custody becoming classified patient
- 77 Notice to tribunal of minor in custody becoming classified patient in high security unit
- 78 Examination of classified patient under s 201
- 79 Classified patient (involuntary) may become classified patient (voluntary)
- 80 Notice to chief psychiatrist if classified patient (voluntary) withdraws consent
PART 5 - RETURN TO CUSTODY, OR RELEASE FROM DETENTION IN AUTHORISED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE, OF CLASSIFIED PATIENT
- 81 Notice to chief psychiatrist of notice event
- 82 Chief psychiatrist may decide to return classified patient to place of custody
- 83 Return of classified patient to custody
- 84 Person stops being classified patient if Mental Health Court makes decision on reference
- 85 Release of classified patient
CHAPTER 4 - PSYCHIATRIST REPORTS FOR SERIOUS OFFENCES
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - PSYCHIATRIST REPORT ON REQUEST
- 88 Application of pt 2
- 89 Administrator must explain effect of request
- 90 Request for psychiatrist report
- 91 Direction to prepare psychiatrist report
PART 3 - PSYCHIATRIST REPORT ON CHIEF PSYCHIATRIST’S OWN INITIATIVE
- 92 Application of pt 3
- 93 Direction to prepare psychiatrist report
- 94 Notice of direction
PART 4 - PREPARATION OF PSYCHIATRIST REPORTS
Note—
- 95 Authorised psychiatrist must prepare psychiatrist report
- 96 Information from prosecuting authority
- 97 Support person
- 98 Person must participate in examination in good faith—report on request
- 99 Person must attend examination—report on chief psychiatrist’s initiative
- 100 Second psychiatrist report
PART 5 - REFERENCES BY CHIEF PSYCHIATRIST
- 101 Reference by chief psychiatrist to Mental Health Court
PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS
- 102 Copies of reports
- 103 Chapter stops applying to person if prosecution for offence discontinued
- 104 Application of chapter to person with intellectual disability
CHAPTER 5 - MENTAL HEALTH COURT REFERENCES
Note—
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
- 105 Purpose of ch 5
- 106 Definitions for ch 5
- 107 Meaning of associated offence
- 108 Meaning of diminished responsibility
- 109 Meaning of unsound mind
PART 2 - MAKING OF REFERENCES BY PARTICULAR PERSONS
- 110 When reference may be made
- 111 How reference is made
PART 3 - PROCEEDINGS FOR REFERENCES
Note—
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - Notice requirements etc.
- 113 Notice of reference
- 114 Parties to proceeding
- 115 Notice of hearing
Division 3 - Particular decisions
- 116 Decision about unsoundness of mind and diminished responsibility
- 117 Substantial dispute about whether person committed offence
- 117A Substantial dispute about fact relied on in expert report
- 118 Decision about fitness for trial
Division 4 - Procedural provisions
- 119 Unsound mind—discontinuance of proceeding
- 120 Diminished responsibility—discontinuance of proceeding
- 121 Temporary unfitness for trial—stay of proceeding
- 122 Permanent unfitness for trial—discontinuance of proceeding
- 123 Fit for trial—continuation of proceeding
- 124 Related orders if person fit for trial
Division 5 - Withdrawal of particular references
- 125 Application of div 5
- 126 Application to withdraw reference
- 127 Notices if application to withdraw filed
- 128 Decision on application
PART 4 - FORENSIC ORDERS AND TREATMENT SUPPORT ORDERS
Division 1 - Preliminary
- 129 Definition for pt 4
- 130 Explanation about operation of forensic orders and treatment support orders
- 131 Orders if unsound mind or permanent unfitness for trial
- 132 Orders if temporary unfitness for trial
- 133 Matters to which Mental Health Court must have regard
Division 2 - Forensic orders
Subdivision 1 - Making of forensic orders
- 134 Requirements for making forensic order
- 135 Conditions
- 136 Recommendations about intervention programs
- 137 Non-revocation period
Subdivision 2 - Treatment in the community
- 138 Mental Health Court to decide category
- 139 Inpatient category
- 140 Community category
Subdivision 3 - Other provisions
- 141 When category of forensic order (disability) may be described as residential
- 142 Admission to high security unit—stay of order
Division 3 - Treatment support orders
Subdivision 1 - Making of treatment support orders
- 143 Requirements for making treatment support order
- 144 Conditions
Subdivision 2 - Treatment in the community
- 145 Mental Health Court to decide category and community treatment
Division 4 - Responsibility for treatment and care
- 146 Responsibility for person subject to forensic order (mental health) or treatment support order
- 147 Responsibility for person subject to forensic order (disability)
- 148 Certificate of forensic disability service availability
Division 5 - Transport
- 149 Transport to authorised mental health service
- 150 Transport to forensic disability service
Division 6 - Other provisions
- 151 Matters authorised by forensic order (mental health) or treatment support order
- 152 Matters authorised by forensic orders (disability)
- 153 Status of forensic order or treatment support order if amended
- 154 Ending of order made because of temporary unfitness for trial
PART 5 - OTHER PROVISIONS
Division 1 - Notice of decisions and orders
- 155 Notice of decisions and orders
Division 2 - Admissibility and use of evidence
- 156 Definition for div 2
- 157 Admissibility of expert’s report at trial
- 157A Admissibility of expert’s report in proceeding before Magistrates Court
- 158 Particular statements not admissible
- 159 Issue of mental condition may be raised at trial
- 160 Other use of expert’s report
Division 3 - Victim impact statements
- 161 Application of div 3
- 162 Preparation of victim impact statement
- 163 Production of victim impact statement by prosecuting authority
- 164 Restrictions on disclosing victim impact statement
- 165 Use of victim impact statement by Mental Health Court
Division 4 - Persons subject to existing orders or authorities
Subdivision 1 - Making forensic orders
- 166 Person subject to existing forensic order
- 166A Person subject to existing treatment support order
- 167 Person subject to existing treatment authority
Subdivision 2 - Making treatment support orders
- 167A Person subject to existing treatment support order
- 167B Person subject to existing forensic order
- 167C Person subject to existing treatment authority
Division 5 - Miscellaneous
- 168 Relationship with ch 16, pt 1
CHAPTER 6 - POWERS OF COURTS HEARING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AND RELATED PROCESSES
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
- 169 Purpose of ch 6
- 170 Childrens Court
PART 2 - MAGISTRATES COURTS
Division 1 - General
- 171 Definition for div 1
- 172 Power to dismiss complaint—unsound mind or unfitness for trial
- 173 Power to adjourn hearing of complaint—temporary unfitness for trial
- 174 Power to refer person to appropriate agency or entity
Division 2 - References to Mental Health Court
- 175 When reference may be made
- 176 How reference is made
Division 3 - Examination orders
- 177 Power to make examination order for person charged with simple offence
- 178 Examination of person
- 179 Examination report
- 180 Admissibility of examination report at trial
- 180A Particular statements not admissible
- 180B Other use of examination report and particular statements
PART 3 - SUPREME COURT AND DISTRICT COURT
Division 1 - Making reference to Mental Health Court if person pleads guilty to indictable offence
- 181 Application of div 1
- 182 Power to order plea of not guilty
- 183 Power to make reference to Mental Health Court and related orders
- 184 How reference to Mental Health Court is made
- 185 Persons who may give agreement for detention
- 186 Agreement for detention—administrator
- 187 Agreement for detention—chief psychiatrist
- 188 Effect of order for detention
Division 2 - Forensic orders (Criminal Code)
- 189 Application of div 2
- 190 Registrar of court to give notice of order
- 191 Power to transport person to authorised mental health service
PART 4 - DETENTION IN AUTHORISED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE DURING TRIAL
- 192 Definition for pt 4
- 193 Power to order person’s detention in authorised mental health service
- 194 Persons who may give agreement for detention
- 195 Agreement for detention—administrator
- 196 Agreement for detention—chief psychiatrist
- 197 Effect of order for detention
CHAPTER 7 - TREATMENT AND CARE OF PATIENTS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
- 198 Purpose of ch 7
- 199 Relationship between this Act and custodial status of particular patients
PART 2 - RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE TREATMENT AND CARE
- 200 Application of pt 2
- 201 Examination of patient for purpose of providing treatment and care
- 202 Authorised doctor’s responsibilities for treatment and care
- 203 Administrator’s responsibilities for treatment and care
PART 3 - PATIENTS SUBJECT TO TREATMENT AUTHORITIES
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - Regular assessment
- 205 Authorised doctor must assess patient
Division 3 - Actions that may be taken after assessment
- 206 Authorised doctor may revoke treatment authority
- 207 Authorised psychiatrist may revoke treatment authority if patient missing
- 208 Chief psychiatrist may revoke treatment authority
- 209 Amendment of treatment authority to change category, limited community treatment or conditions
- 210 Amendment of treatment authority to change category to inpatient
PART 4 - PATIENTS SUBJECT TO FORENSIC ORDERS
- 211 Application of pt 4
- 212 Amendment of forensic order (mental health) or forensic order (disability) to change category, limited community treatment or conditions
- 213 Amendment of forensic order to change category to inpatient
- 214 Limited community treatment for patient subject to forensic order (Criminal Code)
PART 5 - PATIENTS SUBJECT TO TREATMENT SUPPORT ORDERS
- 215 Application of pt 5
- 216 Amendment of treatment support order to change category, limited community treatment or conditions
- 217 Amendment of treatment support order to change category to inpatient
PART 6 - CLASSIFIED PATIENTS AND PATIENTS SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL ORDERS
- 218 Application of pt 6
- 219 Authorisation of limited community treatment
PART 7 - OBLIGATIONS IN RELATION TO TREATMENT IN THE COMMUNITY
- 220 Patient’s obligations to be recorded and explained
- 221 Chief psychiatrist may approve temporary absence
PART 8 - ADVANCE HEALTH DIRECTIVES, NOMINATED SUPPORT PERSONS AND RECORDS SYSTEM
Division 1 - Advance health directives
- 222 Advance health directive may include views about treatment and care
Division 2 - Nominated support persons
- 223 Who is a nominated support person
- 224 Functions of nominated support person
Division 3 - Records system
- 225 Chief psychiatrist to maintain records system
- 226 Request to keep record
- 227 Requirement to give notice—matters relating to advance health directive or enduring power of attorney
- 228 Requirement to give notice—revocation of appointment of nominated support person
- 229 Requirement to give notice—resignation of nominated support person
- 230 Copy in records system is proof
PART 9 - REPORTING ON MINORS ADMITTED TO PARTICULAR AUTHORISED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- 231 Obligation to notify public guardian
PART 10 - REGULATED TREATMENT
Division 1 - Preliminary
- 232 Meaning of regulated treatment
Division 2 - Informed consent
- 233 Requirements for informed consent
- 234 Explanation to be given
Division 3 - Electroconvulsive therapy
- 235 Offence to perform electroconvulsive therapy
- 236 Performance of electroconvulsive therapy with consent or tribunal approval
- 237 Performance of electroconvulsive therapy in emergency
Division 4 - Non-ablative neurosurgical procedures
- 238 Offence to perform non-ablative neurosurgical procedure
- 239 Performance of non-ablative neurosurgical procedure with consent and tribunal approval
PART 11 - PROHIBITED TREATMENT
- 240 Particular therapies prohibited
- 241 Psychosurgery prohibited
CHAPTER 8 - USE OF MECHANICAL RESTRAINT, SECLUSION, PHYSICAL RESTRAINT AND OTHER PRACTICES
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - MECHANICAL RESTRAINT
Division 1 - Preliminary
- 244 Meaning of mechanical restraint
- 245 Offence
Division 2 - Authorised mechanical restraint
- 246 Requirements for use of mechanical restraint on relevant patients
- 247 Application for chief psychiatrist’s approval
- 248 Chief psychiatrist may require amendment of application to include reduction and elimination plan
- 249 Chief psychiatrist may approve authorisation of use of mechanical restraint
- 250 Authorisation of use of mechanical restraint by authorised doctor
- 251 Duties of health practitioner in charge of unit
- 252 Removal of mechanical restraint before authorisation ends
- 253 Reuse of mechanical restraint
PART 3 - SECLUSION
Division 1 - Preliminary
- 254 Meaning of seclusion
- 255 Offence
Division 2 - Authorised seclusion
- 256 Requirements for seclusion of relevant patients
- 257 Chief psychiatrist may give written direction about seclusion
- 258 Authorisation of seclusion by authorised doctor
- 259 Extension of period of seclusion
- 260 Duties of health practitioner in charge of unit
- 261 Removal from seclusion before authorisation ends
- 262 Return to seclusion after removal
Division 3 - Emergency seclusion
- 263 Requirements for emergency seclusion by health practitioner in charge of unit
PART 4 - REDUCTION AND ELIMINATION PLANS
- 264 What is a reduction and elimination plan
- 265 Content of plan
- 266 Application for chief psychiatrist’s approval of plan
- 267 Chief psychiatrist may approve plan
PART 5 - PHYSICAL RESTRAINT AND CLINICAL NEED FOR MEDICATION
Division 1 - Physical restraint
- 268 Meaning of physical restraint
- 269 Offence
- 270 Requirements for use of physical restraint
Division 2 - Clinical need for medication
- 271 Meaning of medication
- 272 Offence
PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS
- 273 Chief psychiatrist must make policy
- 274 Obligation to notify public guardian of treatment of minors
CHAPTER 9 - RIGHTS OF PATIENTS AND OTHERS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - STATEMENT OF RIGHTS
- 277 Preparing statement of rights
- 278 Giving statement of rights to patients and others
- 279 Display of signs
PART 3 - RIGHTS OF PATIENTS
- 280 Definition for pt 3
- 281 Visits by nominated support persons, family, carers and other support persons
- 282 Visits by health practitioners
- 283 Visits by legal or other advisers
- 284 Communication with others
- 285 Information about treatment and care
- 286 Understanding of oral information
- 287 Written notices to be given to nominated support persons and others
- 288 Communication about patient with others
- 289 Disclosure of confidential information under Hospital and Health Boards Act not limited
- 290 Second opinion about treatment and care
PART 4 - ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NOMINATED SUPPORT PERSONS, FAMILY, CARERS AND OTHER SUPPORT PERSONS
- 291 Roles
- 292 Responsibilities
PART 5 - INDEPENDENT PATIENT RIGHTS ADVISERS
- 293 Appointment
- 294 Functions
- 295 Independence
CHAPTER 10 - CHIEF PSYCHIATRIST
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - APPOINTMENT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS
- 298 Appointment
- 299 Resignation
- 300 Termination of appointment
- 301 Functions and powers
- 302 Independence of chief psychiatrist
- 303 Delegation
- 304 Power to require administrator to give documents or information
PART 3 - POLICIES, PRACTICE GUIDELINES AND ANNUAL REPORT
- 305 Making policies or practice guidelines
- 306 Publication of policies and practice guidelines
- 307 Annual report
PART 4 - INVESTIGATIONS
- 308 Chief psychiatrist may investigate
- 309 Investigation report
- 310 Recommendations for improvement
PART 5 - SERIOUS RISKS TO PERSONS OR PUBLIC SAFETY
- 311 Purpose of pt 5
- 312 Minister may direct chief psychiatrist to review matter
- 313 Actions chief psychiatrist may take
- 314 Chief psychiatrist’s order
- 315 Chief psychiatrist may vary period or end order
PART 6 - INFORMATION NOTICES
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - Application, amendment and revocation
- 318 Application
- 319 Decision on application
- 320 Right to receive information under notice
- 321 Amendment of notice to change applicant’s nominee
- 322 Duration of information notice
- 323 Revocation of information notice
Division 3 - Miscellaneous
- 324 Tribunal must give particular information to chief psychiatrist about relevant patient
- 325 Telling relevant patient about information notice
- 326 Misuse of information made available under an information notice
- 327 Application of part to forensic disability client
CHAPTER 11 - AUTHORISED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - DECLARATION OF AUTHORISED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- 329 Declaration of authorised mental health service
- 330 Declaration of high security unit
- 331 Declaration of authorised mental health service (rural and remote)
PART 3 - ADMINISTRATORS OF AUTHORISED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- 332 Appointment
- 333 Functions
- 334 Powers
- 335 Register of authorised doctors and authorised mental health practitioners
- 336 Record of relevant patients
- 337 Delegation
PART 4 - AUTHORISED DOCTORS AND AUTHORISED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS
Division 1 - Appointment, functions and powers
- 338 Appointment of authorised doctor
- 339 When administrator is authorised doctor
- 340 Appointment of authorised mental health practitioner
- 341 Appointment of health practitioner to perform particular functions of authorised doctor
- 342 Appointment conditions and limit on powers
- 343 When office ends
- 344 Functions and powers
- 345 Requirement to give notice of particular decisions
Division 2 - Identity cards
- 346 Issue of identity card
- 347 Production or display of identity card
- 348 Return of identity card
PART 5 - TRANSFER OF PATIENTS
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - Authorised mental health service transfers
- 351 Transfer between services by agreement of administrators
- 352 Transfer between services by requirement of chief psychiatrist
Division 3 - Forensic disability service transfers
- 353 Transfer between authorised mental health service and forensic disability service
Division 4 - Interstate transfers
- 354 Transfer of person subject to treatment authority to another State
- 355 Transfer of person subject to interstate order from another State
Division 5 - General provisions
- 356 Responsibility for person
- 357 Power to transport
- 358 Notice to tribunal
PART 6 - TRANSPORT OF PERSONS
Division 1 - Preliminary
- 359 Who is an authorised person
Division 2 - Transport of persons within and to and from authorised mental health services and other particular places
- 360 Transport within authorised mental health service
- 361 Transport to or from authorised mental health service and other particular places
- 362 Taking person after treatment and care to person’s requested place
Division 3 - Transport of absent persons
- 363 Application of div 3
- 364 Particular persons may require return of absent person
- 365 Limitation on requirement to return particular absent persons
- 366 Authorised person may transport absent person
- 367 Effect on assessment period
Division 4 - Transport of persons to and from interstate mental health services
- 368 Apprehension, detention and transport of person absent from interstate mental health service
- 369 Transport of person in Queensland to interstate mental health service
- 370 Transport of person outside Queensland to authorised mental health service
- 371 Making of emergency examination authority
Division 5 - Transport powers
- 372 Application of div 5
- 373 Power to detain
- 374 Power to administer medication
- 375 Power to use mechanical restraint
- 376 Power to enter particular places
Division 6 - Warrant for apprehension of person to transport person
- 377 Application for warrant for apprehension of person
- 378 Issue of warrant
- 379 Electronic application
- 380 Additional procedure if electronic application
- 381 Defect in relation to a warrant
- 382 Warrants—entry procedure
PART 7 - SECURITY
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - Postal articles and other things in authorised mental health services
- 385 Patient may receive and send postal article
- 386 Administrator may search thing received for patient
Division 3 - Searches of patients of authorised mental health services or public sector health service facilities
- 387 Application of div 3
- 388 Power to search on belief of possession of harmful thing
Division 4 - Searches of involuntary patients on admission to or entry into high security units or other approved services
- 389 Application of div 4
- 390 Power to search on admission or entry
Division 5 - Searches of visitors to high security units or other approved services
- 391 Application of div 5
- 392 Power to search visitor
- 393 Requirement to explain to visitor
- 394 Direction to leave
- 395 Visitor may leave thing with authorised security officer
- 396 Authorised security officer may ask visitor to leave thing with officer
- 397 Visitor may ask for search to stop
- 398 Return of thing to visitor
Division 6 - Requirements for searches
- 399 Requirements for personal search
- 400 Requirements for search requiring removal of clothing
- 401 Requirements for search of possessions
Division 7 - Records of searches
- 402 Record of search must be made
Division 8 - Seizure
- 403 Seizure of harmful or other thing
- 404 Receipt for seized thing
- 405 Access to seized thing
Division 9 - Identity cards
- 406 Approval of identity card
Division 10 - Compensation
- 407 Compensation for damage to possessions
Division 11 - Exclusion of visitors
- 408 Administrator may refuse to allow person to visit patient
CHAPTER 12 - MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW TRIBUNAL PROCEEDINGS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
- 409 Purpose of ch 12
- 410 Particular decisions of no effect for classified patient
PART 2 - REVIEW OF TREATMENT AUTHORITIES
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - When particular reviews are conducted
- 413 When reviews are conducted
- 414 When periodic review deferred
- 415 When tribunal must not conduct review
- 416 When particular tribunal review is not required
Division 3 - Applications and notices of hearings
- 417 Application for applicant review to state orders sought
- 418 Notice of hearing
Division 4 - Decisions and orders
Subdivision 1 - Decisions to be made on review
- 419 Decisions
- 420 Administrator to provide report
- 421 Requirement to revoke treatment authority
Subdivision 2 - Confirmation of treatment authority—related orders
- 422 Application of sdiv 2
- 423 Change of category to community
- 424 Community category—deciding whether authorised doctor may reduce treatment in community
- 425 Inpatient category—limited community treatment
- 426 Conditions
- 427 Transfer to another authorised mental health service
- 428 Change of category to inpatient
- 429 Other orders
PART 3 - REVIEW OF FORENSIC ORDERS (MENTAL HEALTH) AND FORENSIC ORDERS (DISABILITY)
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - When particular reviews are conducted
- 433 When reviews are conducted
- 434 When periodic review deferred
- 435 Requirement to conduct periodic review suspended
- 436 When tribunal must not conduct review
- 437 When particular tribunal review is not required
Division 3 - Applications and notices of hearings
- 438 Application for applicant review to state orders sought
- 439 Notice of hearing
Division 4 - Decisions and orders
Subdivision 1 - Decisions to be made on review
- 440 Application of div 4
- 441 Decisions
- 442 Requirement to confirm forensic order
Subdivision 2 - Confirmation of forensic order—related orders
- 443 Application of sdiv 2
- 444 Change or confirmation of category
- 445 Inpatient category—orders about treatment in community
- 446 Community category—orders about treatment in community
- 447 Conditions
- 448 Other orders
Subdivision 3 - Revocation of forensic order (mental health)—related orders
- 449 Application of sdiv 3
- 450 Making of treatment support order
- 451 Making of treatment authority or no further order
Division 5 - Restrictions on revoking or amending forensic orders
- 452 Orders with non-revocation period
- 453 Order for person temporarily unfit for trial
- 454 Order for person charged with prescribed offence
- 455 Tribunal’s order takes effect after suspension or change of category ends
Division 6 - Other provisions
- 456 Transfer of responsibility for forensic patient
- 457 Person with dual disability
PART 4 - REVIEW OF FORENSIC ORDERS (CRIMINAL CODE)
- 458 Application of pt 4
- 459 Tribunal to conduct hearing
- 460 Notice of hearing
- 461 Making of forensic order
- 462 Application of ch 5 provisions
PART 5 - REVIEW OF TREATMENT SUPPORT ORDERS
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - When particular reviews are conducted
- 465 When reviews are conducted
- 466 When periodic review deferred
- 467 Requirement to conduct periodic review suspended
- 468 When tribunal must not conduct review
- 469 When particular tribunal review is not required
Division 3 - Applications and notices of hearings
- 470 Application for applicant review to state orders sought
- 471 Notice of hearing
Division 4 - Decisions and orders
Subdivision 1 - Decisions to be made on review
- 472 Decisions
- 473 Requirement to confirm treatment support order
Subdivision 2 - Confirmation of treatment support order—related orders
- 474 Application of sdiv 2
- 475 Change of category to community
- 476 Community category—deciding whether authorised doctor may reduce treatment in community
- 477 Inpatient category—limited community treatment
- 478 Conditions
- 479 Transfer to another authorised mental health service
- 480 Change of category to inpatient
- 481 Other orders
Subdivision 3 - Revocation of treatment support order—related orders
- 482 Application of sdiv 3
- 483 Making of treatment authority or no further order
PART 6 - REVIEW OF FITNESS FOR TRIAL
Division 1 - Review
- 484 Application of div 1
- 485 Meaning of finding of unfitness
- 486 When reviews are conducted
- 487 Notice of hearing
- 488 Decisions on review
Division 2 - Procedures following review if person unfit for trial
- 489 Application of div 2
- 490 Director of public prosecutions to decide whether proceeding to be discontinued
- 491 Proceeding discontinued at end of prescribed period
- 492 Effect of discontinuing proceeding
- 493 Proceeding may be discontinued at other time
Division 3 - Procedures following review if person fit for trial
- 494 Application of div 3
- 495 Definitions for div 3
- 496 Director of public prosecutions to give notice of fitness for trial
- 497 Listing proceeding for mention
- 497A Prosecuting authority to give chief psychiatrist notice of ending of order
- 497B Disclosure of particular information on ending of order
PART 7 - REVIEW OF DETENTION OF MINORS IN HIGH SECURITY UNITS
- 498 Application of pt 7
- 499 When reviews are conducted
- 500 Notice of hearing
- 501 Decision on review
PART 8 - APPLICATIONS FOR EXAMINATION AUTHORITIES
- 502 Application for examination authority
- 503 Notice of hearing
- 504 Decision on application
- 505 Duration of examination authority
- 506 Copy of examination authority to be given to administrator of authorised mental health service
PART 9 - APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF REGULATED TREATMENT
Division 1 - Electroconvulsive therapy
- 507 Who may apply
- 508 Notice of hearing
- 509 Decision on application
Division 2 - Non-ablative neurosurgical procedures
- 510 Who may apply
- 511 Notice of hearing
- 512 Decision on application
PART 10 - APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL TO TRANSFER PARTICULAR PERSONS INTO AND OUT OF QUEENSLAND
Division 1 - Transfers into Queensland
- 513 Definitions for div 1
- 514 Who may apply
- 515 Requirements for application
- 516 Notice of hearing
- 517 Decision on application
- 518 Making of forensic order
- 519 When interstate transfer approval takes effect
- 520 Transport of patient seeking transfer under interstate transfer approval
Division 2 - Transfers out of Queensland
- 521 Definitions for division
- 522 Who may apply
- 523 Requirements for application
- 524 Notice of hearing
- 525 Decision on application
- 526 When interstate transfer approval or international transfer approval takes effect
- 527 Transport of patient seeking transfer under interstate transfer approval
- 527A Transport of patient seeking transfer under international transfer approval
- 528 Effect on order
PART 11 - MISCELLANEOUS
- 529 Relationship with ch 16, pt 2
- 530 Use of victim impact statement by tribunal
CHAPTER 13 - APPEALS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - APPEALS TO TRIBUNAL
- 532 Definitions for pt 2
- 533 Appeal to tribunal
- 534 How to start appeal
- 534A Frivolous or vexatious appeal
- 535 Notice of appeal and hearing
- 536 Stay of decision pending appeal
- 537 Appeal powers
PART 3 - APPEALS TO MENTAL HEALTH COURT
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - Making and hearing appeals
- 539 Who may appeal
- 540 Parties to appeal
- 541 How to start appeal
- 542 Frivolous or vexatious appeal
- 543 Notice of appeal and hearing
- 544 Stay of decision pending appeal
- 545 Notice of stay of decision on review of person’s fitness for trial
- 546 Appeal powers
- 547 Mental Health Court may make forensic order or treatment support order
- 548 Mental Health Court’s decision final
PART 4 - APPEALS TO COURT OF APPEAL
- 549 Who may appeal
- 550 How to start appeal
- 551 Appeal powers
- 552 Notice of decision
CHAPTER 14 - MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS ABOUT INSPECTORS
Division 1 - Appointment
- 555 Appointment and qualifications
- 556 Functions of inspectors
- 557 Appointment conditions and limit on powers
- 558 When office ends
- 559 Resignation
Division 2 - Identity cards
- 560 Issue of identity card
- 561 Production or display of identity card
- 562 Return of identity card
Division 3 - Miscellaneous provisions
- 563 References to exercise of powers
- 564 Reference to document includes reference to reproductions from electronic document
PART 3 - ENTRY OF PLACES BY INSPECTORS
Division 1 - Power to enter
- 565 General power to enter places
Division 2 - Entry by consent
- 566 Application of div 2
- 567 Incidental entry to ask for access
- 568 Matters inspector must tell occupier
- 569 Consent acknowledgement
Division 3 - Entry under warrant
Subdivision 1 - Obtaining warrant
- 570 Application for warrant
- 571 Issue of warrant
- 572 Electronic application
- 573 Additional procedure if electronic application
- 574 Defect in relation to a warrant
Subdivision 2 - Entry procedure
- 575 Entry procedure
PART 4 - GENERAL POWERS OF INSPECTORS AFTER ENTERING PLACES
- 576 Application of pt 4
- 577 General powers
- 578 Power to require reasonable help
- 579 Offence to contravene help requirement
PART 5 - SEIZURE BY INSPECTORS AND FORFEITURE
Division 1 - Power to seize
- 580 Seizing evidence at a place that may be entered without consent or warrant
- 581 Seizing evidence at a place that may be entered only with consent or warrant
- 582 Seizure of property subject to security
Division 2 - Powers to support seizure
- 583 Power to secure seized thing
- 584 Offence to contravene other seizure requirement
- 585 Offence to interfere
Division 3 - Safeguards for seized things
- 586 Receipt and information notice for seized thing
- 587 Access to seized thing
- 588 Return of seized thing
Division 4 - Forfeiture
- 589 Forfeiture by chief psychiatrist decision
- 590 Information notice about forfeiture decision
- 591 Forfeiture on conviction
- 592 Procedure and powers for making forfeiture order
Division 5 - Dealing with property forfeited or transferred to State
- 593 When thing becomes property of the State
- 594 How property may be dealt with
PART 6 - OTHER INFORMATION-OBTAINING POWERS OF INSPECTORS
- 595 Power to require name and address
- 596 Offence to contravene personal details requirement
- 597 Power to require information
- 598 Offence to contravene information requirement
PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO INSPECTORS
Division 1 - Damage
- 599 Duty to avoid inconvenience and minimise damage
- 600 Notice of damage
Division 2 - Compensation
PART 8 - REVIEWS AND APPEALS ABOUT SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE
- 603 Definitions for pt 8
- 604 Right of appeal
- 605 Appeal process starts with internal review
- 606 How to apply for internal review
- 607 Stay of operation of decision
- 608 Internal review decision
- 609 Who may appeal
- 610 Procedure for an appeal to the court
- 611 Stay of operation of internal review decision
- 612 Powers of court on appeal
- 613 Effect of decision of court on appeal
CHAPTER 15 - SUSPENSION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, OFFENCES AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - SUSPENSION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
- 615 Purpose of pt 2
- 616 Suspension of proceedings
- 617 Giving notice of particular suspensions
- 618 Ending of suspension
- 619 Giving notice of ending of suspension
- 620 Effect on powers relating to bail, discontinuance of proceedings and other matters
PART 3 - OFFENCES RELATING TO PATIENTS
- 621 Offence relating to ill-treatment
- 622 Offences relating to patients absconding
- 623 Offences relating to patients unlawfully absent
PART 4 - OFFENCES RELATING TO OFFICIALS
- 624 Definition for pt 4
- 625 Obstructing official
- 626 Impersonating official
- 627 Giving official false or misleading information
PART 5 - DETENTION AND USE OF REASONABLE FORCE
- 628 Classified patient (voluntary) may be detained
- 629 Detention of person in authorised mental health service with use of reasonable force
- 630 Detention of person in public sector health service facility with use of reasonable force
- 631 Examination or assessment of involuntary patient without consent and with use of reasonable force
- 632 Treatment and care of patient without consent and with use of reasonable force
- 633 Relationship with use of physical restraint
PART 6 - EVIDENCE AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
- 634 Evidentiary aids
- 635 Proceedings for offences
CHAPTER 16 - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF COURT AND TRIBUNAL
PART 1 - MENTAL HEALTH COURT
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - Continuation, constitution, jurisdiction and powers
Division 3 - Membership
- 641 Appointment of members
- 642 Appointment does not affect judge’s tenure of office
- 643 Resignation of office
- 644 When member’s office ends
Division 4 - President
- 645 Appointment of president
- 646 Arrangement of business
- 647 President holds office while member of court
- 648 Delegation of particular powers
- 649 Resignation of office
- 650 Appointment of acting president
Division 5 - Assisting clinicians
- 651 Functions
- 652 Appointment
- 653 Conditions of appointment
- 654 Resignation
- 655 Termination of appointment
Division 6 - Mental Health Court Registry and registrar
- 656 Mental Health Court Registry
- 657 Registry’s functions
- 658 Registrar’s functions
- 659 Registrar’s powers—general
- 660 Registrar’s power to issue subpoena
- 661 Registrar’s power to require administrator to produce document
- 662 Registrar’s power to require person to be brought before Mental Health Court
- 663 Registrar’s power to require prosecuting authority to give particular documents
- 664 Delegation by registrar
Division 7 - Protection and immunities
- 665 Contempt of court
- 666 Conduct that is contempt and offence
- 667 Protection and immunity for member of Mental Health Court and assisting clinician
Division 8 - Court examination orders
- 668 Making of court examination order
- 669 Recommendation or request for court examination order on reference
- 670 Transport, detention and examination of person under court examination order
- 671 What happens at end of examination
Division 9 - Reviews of detention in authorised mental health service or forensic disability service
- 672 Definitions for div 9
- 673 Power to review detention
- 674 Notice of hearing
- 675 Parties to proceeding
- 676 Consideration of application
- 677 Appointment of person to inquire into detention
- 678 Administrator to ensure help given to appointed person
- 679 General powers of appointed person
- 680 Appointed person’s power to ask questions
- 681 Mental Health Court may direct person’s discharge
- 682 Other remedies not affected
Division 10 - Procedural provisions
- 683 General right of appearance and representation
- 684 Evidence
- 685 Proof of matters
- 686 Directions
- 687 Assisting clinician’s advice before or during adjournment of hearing
- 688 Assisting clinician’s advice during hearing
- 689 Particular advice of assisting clinician to be stated in reasons for decision
- 690 When court may conduct hearing in absence of person
- 691 Appointing assistant
- 692 Court may sit and adjourn hearing
- 693 Hearing of reference generally open to public
- 694 Particular hearings not generally open to public
- 695 Hearing about minor not open to public
- 696 Confidentiality order
- 697 Costs
- 698 Death or incapacity of member after hearing started
Division 11 - Rules and practice
- 699 Rule-making power
- 700 Directions about practice
Division 12 - Miscellaneous
PART 2 - MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW TRIBUNAL
Division 1 - Preliminary
Division 2 - Continuation, jurisdiction and powers
- 704 Continuation of Mental Health Review Tribunal
- 705 Jurisdiction and independence
- 706 Powers
Division 3 - Members and staff of tribunal
- 707 Appointment of members
- 708 Duration of appointment
- 709 Terms of appointment
- 710 Resignation
- 711 Termination of appointment
- 712 Deputy president to act as president
- 713 Executive officer and other staff
- 714 President’s functions generally
- 715 President’s powers
Division 4 - Constitution of tribunal for hearings
- 716 Particular proceedings
- 717 Application for examination authority
- 718 Application for approval to perform non-ablative neurosurgical procedure
- 719 Matters president to consider in constituting tribunal
- 720 Presiding member
Division 5 - Examinations, confidentiality orders and reports
- 721 Tribunal may order examination
- 722 Confidentiality order
- 723 Reports for particular review proceedings
Division 6 - Procedural provisions for ch 12 proceedings
Subdivision 1 - Applications
- 724 Application of sdiv 1
- 725 Approved form
- 726 Frivolous or vexatious application
- 727 Hearing of application
Subdivision 2 - Adjournment of hearing of particular periodic reviews
- 728 Application of sdiv 2
- 729 Definitions for sdiv 2
- 730 Adjournment of hearing
- 731 Hearing of scheduled review to be conducted on relevant person’s return
Division 7 - General procedural provisions
Subdivision 1 - Preliminary
- 732 Application of div 7
- 733 Conducting proceedings generally
- 734 Presentation of party’s case and inspection of documents
Subdivision 2 - Pre-hearing matters
- 735 Matters to be stated in notice of hearing
- 736 Right to appear
- 737 Attorney-General to give notice of intention to appear
- 738 Disclosure of documents to be relied on in hearing
Subdivision 3 - Hearings
- 739 Right of representation and support
- 740 Appointment of representative
- 741 Hearing not open to public
- 742 Victim impact statement
- 743 Restrictions on disclosing victim impact statement
- 744 Requiring witness to attend or produce document or thing
- 745 Tribunal to allow party to call or give evidence
- 746 Proceeding by remote conferencing or on the papers
- 747 Proceeding in absence of involuntary patient
- 748 Conducting hearings of proceedings at same time
- 749 Adjourning hearing of proceeding
- 750 Appointing assistant
- 751 Dealing with documents or other things
- 752 Way questions decided
- 753 Referring question of law to Mental Health Court
- 754 Costs
Subdivision 4 - Decisions of tribunal
- 755 Notice of decision
- 756 Written reasons for decision
- 757 Requirement to give effect to tribunal decision
- 758 Publishing decision and reasons
Subdivision 5 - Revocation of particular forensic orders and treatment support orders
- 759 Order for missing person
Division 8 - Offences and contempt
- 760 Offences by witnesses
- 761 False or misleading information or document
- 762 Fabricating evidence
- 763 Contempt of tribunal
- 764 Punishment of contempt
- 765 Conduct that is contempt and offence
Division 9 - Protection and immunities
- 766 Protection and immunity for members
- 767 Protection and immunity for other persons
Division 10 - Rules and practice
- 768 Rule-making power
- 769 Directions about practice
Division 11 - Miscellaneous
- 770 Authentication of documents
- 771 Judicial notice of particular signatures
- 772 Delegation
- 773 Register
- 774 Annual report
CHAPTER 17 - CONFIDENTIALITY
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY
- 778 Offence to use or disclose personal information
779. (Repealed)
PART 3 - PERMITTED USE AND DISCLOSURE
- 780 Disclosure to identify person with mental health defence
- 781 Disclosure to identify and offer support to victims
- 782 Disclosure for report by private psychiatrist
- 783 Disclosure of particular information relating to classified patient
- 784 Disclosure of particular information relating to person in contact with forensic disability service
- 785 Disclosure to lawyer
- 785A Disclosure to inspector of detention services
- 786 Disclosure of photograph of patient required to return
- 787 Disclosure of information for research purposes
PART 4 - OFFENCES RELATING TO PUBLICATION OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
- 788 Definition for pt 4
- 789 Publication of reports and decisions on references—Mental Health Court and Court of Appeal
- 790 Publication of report of other proceedings
- 791 Publication of information disclosing identity of party to proceeding
- 792 Publication of date of hearing permitted
- 793 Publication of information disclosed at hearing permitted
PART 5 - AVAILABILITY OF COPIES OF TRIBUNAL RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTS
- 793A Restrictions on availability of copies of records and transcriptions of proceedings
CHAPTER 18 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 794 Detention of involuntary patient must be in inpatient unit
- 795 Use of audiovisual link for examination or assessment
- 796 Disclosure by QCAT of information about personal guardian or administrator
- 797 Protection of official from liability
- 797A Particular periods counted as imprisonment or detention
- 798 Approved forms
- 799 Electronic format for notices and other information
- 800 Regulation-making power
CHAPTER 18A - VALIDATION OF APPOINTMENT TO TRIBUNAL AND RELATED PROVISIONS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - VALIDATION
- 800B Validation provision for purported appointment of ineligible person
PART 3 - REFERRAL OF PARTICULAR DECISIONS TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL
- 800C Special tribunal
- 800D Request to refer relevant decision to the special tribunal
- 800E When chief executive may refer relevant decision
- 800F Decision by special tribunal on referral
PART 4 - DECISIONS BY TRIBUNAL
- 800G Decision by tribunal on referral
CHAPTER 18B - (Expired)
CHAPTER 19 - REPEAL
CHAPTER 20 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR ACT NO. 5 OF 2016
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
- 802 Definitions for ch 20
- 803 Application of new Act in relation to proceedings for alleged offences
- 804 Detention under repealed Act
PART 2 - PROVISIONS ABOUT ASSESSMENT AND DETENTION UNDER CHAPTERS 2 AND 3 OF REPEALED ACT
- 805 Assessment documents
- 806 Persons subject to assessment documents
- 807 Justices examination order
- 808 Emergency examination order
- 809 Detention for assessment
- 810 Agreement for assessment
- 811 Custodian’s assessment authority
- 812 Taking person to authorised mental health service
- 813 Classified patients
- 814 Report of authorised doctor
- 815 Involuntary treatment orders
PART 3 - PROVISIONS ABOUT ASSESSMENT OR DETENTION OF PERSONS BEFORE A COURT OR IN CUSTODY UNDER CHAPTER 3 OF REPEALED ACT
- 816 Court assessment order
PART 4 - PROVISIONS ABOUT TREATMENT AND CARE OF PATIENTS UNDER CHAPTER 4 OF REPEALED ACT
- 817 Treatment plans
- 818 Limited community treatment
- 819 Monitoring conditions
PART 5 - PROVISIONS ABOUT ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY UNDER CHAPTER 4 OF REPEALED ACT
- 820 Consent to electroconvulsive therapy
- 821 Emergency electroconvulsive therapy
PART 6 - PROVISIONS ABOUT MOVEMENT, TRANSFER AND TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF PATIENTS UNDER CHAPTER 5 OF REPEALED ACT
- 822 Move of patients interstate
- 823 Temporary absences
PART 7 - PROVISIONS ABOUT TRIBUNAL REVIEWS UNDER CHAPTER 6 OF REPEALED ACT
Division 1 - Orders and decisions made before commencement
- 824 Particular orders and decisions not given effect before commencement
- 825 Particular decisions unaffected by new Act
Division 2 - Reviews and applications not completed before commencement
- 826 Existing applications to tribunal
- 827 Existing reviews started other than by an application
- 828 Effect of tribunal’s decision on existing review
Division 3 - Other provisions
- 829 When first periodic review under new Act must be conducted
- 830 Discontinuing proceeding for offence following review of fitness for trial
- 831 Non-contact order ends
PART 8 - PROVISIONS ABOUT EXAMINATIONS, REFERENCES AND ORDERS UNDER CHAPTER 7 OF REPEALED ACT
Division 1 - Examinations under chapter 7, part 2 of repealed Act
- 832 Making of reference under repealed Act by director or director of public prosecutions
Division 2 - References
- 833 Application of div 2
- 834 Hearing of reference continues under repealed Act
- 835 Appeal against Mental Health Court’s decision
Division 3 - Forensic orders (Mental Health Court) and forensic orders (Mental Health Court—Disability)
- 836 Forensic order (Mental Health Court)
- 837 Forensic order (Mental Health Court—Disability)
- 838 Limited community treatment for forensic patient
- 839 Review of forensic order under new Act
Division 4 - Other provisions
- 840 Order approving interstate transfer under s 288B of repealed Act
- 841 Forensic order (Criminal Code)
- 842 Custody order
- 843 Forensic order (Minister)
- 844 Forensic disability client temporarily detained in authorised mental health service
PART 9 - PROVISIONS ABOUT INFORMATION ORDERS UNDER CHAPTER 7A OF REPEALED ACT
- 845 Forensic information orders
- 846 Classified patient information orders
PART 10 - PROVISIONS ABOUT SECURITY OF AUTHORISED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES UNDER CHAPTER 10 OF REPEALED ACT
- 847 Exclusion of visitors
PART 11 - PROVISIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH COURT UNDER CHAPTER 11 OF REPEALED ACT
- 848 Mental Health Court registry
- 849 Court examination order
- 850 Inquiry into detention of patient in authorised mental health service
PART 12 - MISCELLANEOUS
- 851 Mental Health Court, tribunal or another court may make orders about transition from repealed Act to new Act
- 852 Notices generally
- 853 Records made under repealed Act
- 854 Material submitted by victim or concerned person
- 855 Subpoenas
- 856 Authorised mental health services and high security units
- 857 Office holders
- 858 Suspended proceedings
- 859 Reviews relating to serious risks
- 860 Appeals
- 861 Annual reports
- 862 References to orders and authorities under repealed Act
- 863 Application of new Act, s 420
CHAPTER 20A - (Expired)
CHAPTER 21 - OTHER TRANSITIONAL AND VALIDATION PROVISIONS
- 864 Application of s 797A to particular periods
PART 3 - APPOINTMENTS AND VALIDATION
- 873 Appointments to Mental Health Court and validation