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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2015 - SECT 144B

Taking person to appear before court

    (1)     This section applies if a person taken to be in the custody of the director-general is required to appear before a court.

    (2)     The corrections director-general or the CYP director-general must tell the director-general about the requirement as soon as practicable after becoming aware of it.

    (3)     When the person is transferred from a secure mental health facility for the purpose of attending court, the person is taken to be in the custody of—

        (a)     if the person is a detainee—the corrections director-general; and

        (b)     if the person is a young detainee—the CYP director-general.

    (4)     When the person is returned to the secure mental health facility, the person is taken to be in the custody of the director-general.

    (5)     In this section:

"court" includes the integrity commission.



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