MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 91
Direction to prepare psychiatrist report
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 91
Direction to prepare psychiatrist report
91 Direction to prepare psychiatrist report
(1) Within 7 days after
receiving a request under section 90, the chief psychiatrist must direct the
administrator of the person’s treating health service to arrange for an
authorised psychiatrist to prepare a psychiatrist report about the person in
relation to the charge of the serious offence.
(2) However, the chief
psychiatrist may decide not to give the direction if a direction to prepare a
psychiatrist report about the person in relation to the serious offence has
been previously revoked under section 98.
(3) The direction may include a
direction for the report to be prepared about the person also in relation to
an associated offence.
(4) If the chief psychiatrist does not give a
direction under subsection (1) , the chief psychiatrist must give the person
making the request a written statement explaining the reasons for not giving
the direction.
