MENTAL HEALTH (REVIEW) AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO 34 OF 2016) - SECT 17

MENTAL HEALTH (REVIEW) AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO 34 OF 2016) - SECT 17

17—Amendment of section 21—Level 1 inpatient treatment orders

        (1)         Section 21—delete "authorised health professional" wherever occurring and substitute in each case:

authorised mental health professional

        (2)         Section 21(1)(b)—delete "including" and substitute:

whether physical or mental, and including

        (3)         Section 21(1)—after paragraph (b) insert:

            (ba)         the person has impaired decision-making capacity relating to appropriate treatment of the person's mental illness; and

        (4)         Section 21(3)—delete "Minister" and substitute:

Chief Psychiatrist

        (5)         Section 21(8)—delete "written notice in the form approved by the Minister" and substitute:

notice in the form approved by the Chief Psychiatrist