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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 (NO. 2 OF 2013) - SECT 190 Review of involuntary patient or forensic patient transfer within Tasmania

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 (NO. 2 OF 2013) - SECT 190

Review of involuntary patient or forensic patient transfer within Tasmania

The following provisions govern the review of the transfer within Tasmania of an involuntary patient or a forensic patient:
(a) the Tribunal may do the review on its own motion at any time;
(b) the Tribunal must do the review on the application of any person with the necessary standing;
(c) on review, the Tribunal may –
(i) affirm the decision to transfer the patient; or
(ii) set aside the decision to transfer the patient;
(d) if the decision is set aside, the Tribunal may –
(i) substitute its own decision for the one set aside; or
(ii) remit the matter to the decision-maker, with or without directions, for redetermination.