Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 - SECT 54A

Applicant profile

54A. Applicant profile



(1) If an application is made for on-ground leave or limited off-ground leave,
or for variation of that leave, an applicant profile must be provided to the
Panel by-





   (a)  the Clinical Director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental
        Health, in the case of a forensic patient detained in that Institute;
        or

   (b)  the authorised psychiatrist for the approved mental health service, in
        the case of a forensic patient detained in any other approved mental
        health service; or

   (c)  the Secretary to the Department of Human Services, in the case of a
        forensic resident.

(2) The applicant profile must include information concerning-

   (a)  the person's impairment, condition or disability; and

   (b)  the relationship between the impairment, condition or disability and
        the offending conduct; and

   (c)  the person's clinical history and social circumstances; and

   (d)  the person's current mental state or pattern of behaviour; and

   (e)  the offence that led to the supervision order being made; and

   (f)  the date of the supervision order, its nominal term and the day from
        which the nominal term had been declared to run.