Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CORONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 3BB

    (1)     In this Act:

"death in care" means the death of a person—

        (a)     while being taken into or detained in custody, or subject to an order, under—

              (i)     the Mental Health Act 2015

; or

              (ii)     the Crimes Act 1900

, section 309 (Assessment whether emergency detention required); or

        (b)     because of a fatal injury sustained in circumstances mentioned in subsection (a).

    (2)     For this section, a person is subject to an order if the person is—

        (a)     being taken into, or detained in, custody under the order; or

        (b)     being restrained, or otherwise being provided with care, under the order; or

        (c)     otherwise subject to the order.