MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 140 Community category

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 140

140 Community category

If the Mental Health Court decides the category of a forensic order for a person is community, the court must—

(a) order that an authorised doctor or a senior practitioner under the Forensic Disability Act must not change the category of the order to inpatient; or

Note—

The category of the order may be changed by the tribunal. See section 444 .

(b) approve that an authorised doctor under section 212 or a senior practitioner under the Forensic Disability Act , section 20 may, at a future time, change the nature or extent of treatment in the community received by the person, to the extent and subject to the conditions decided by the court.

Example of a change of the nature or extent of treatment in the community—

changing the category of the forensic order from community to inpatient, with or without limited community treatment