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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1993 - SECT 10

10—Particulars relating to admission of patients to approved treatment centres

        (1)         Where, in the opinion of the Minister, a person seeking information under this section has a proper interest in the matter, he or she must inform the inquirer—

            (a)         as to whether or not a particular person has been admitted to, or is being detained in, an approved treatment centre under this Act; and

            (b)         if so, the date of the person's admission and (where applicable) the date of his or her discharge or death.

        (2)         The director of an approved treatment centre must, upon the discharge of a patient from the centre, furnish the patient, upon request, free of charge, with a copy of any orders, certificates or authorisations upon which he or she was admitted, detained or treated.



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