Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Mental Health Act 1986 - SECT 71

Review of psychosurgery

71. Review of psychosurgery



(1) The Psychosurgery Review Board must ensure that at regular intervals there
is a review of the case of any person on whom psychosurgery has been
performed.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the Psychosurgery Review Board may-

   (a)  make or cause to be made observations of any person on whom
        psychosurgery has been performed; and

   (b)  make such arrangements for the gathering and recording of information
        as it considers appropriate.

(3) The Psychosurgery Review Board cannot review the case of a person who has
objected to being reviewed.





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