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PROTECTIVE CUSTODY ACT 2000 - SECT 10

PROTECTIVE CUSTODY ACT 2000 - SECT 10

10 .         Apprehended person may be taken for medical examination

        (1)         If an apprehended person needs a medical examination, an authorised officer, as soon as practicable, is to arrange for the person to be medically examined by a suitably qualified person.

        (2)         The authorised officer is to continue detaining the apprehended person subject to section 7 unless —

            (a)         the apprehended person is referred under the Mental Health Act 2014 section 26(2) or (3)(a) for an examination by a psychiatrist at an authorised hospital or another place; or

            (b)         the person who medically examines the apprehended person directs that the person be left in his or her charge.

        (3)         If an authorised officer arranges for a person to be medically examined the officer must record the fact, the name of the person conducting the examination, and the date and time when the person was examined.

        [Section 10 amended: Gazette No. 25 of 2014 s. 80.]