Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2015 - SECT 151

    (1)     This section applies to a person who—

        (a)     is at least 12 years old but under 18 years old; and

        (b)     does not have decision-making capacity to consent to the administration of electroconvulsive therapy.

    (2)     Electroconvulsive therapy may be administered to the person if—

        (a)     it is administered in accordance with—

              (i)     for a 12 to 15 year old—an electroconvulsive therapy order in force in relation to the person; or

              (ii)     for a 16 or 17 year old—an electroconvulsive therapy order or an emergency electroconvulsive therapy order in force in relation to the person; and

        (b)     either—

              (i)     the person does not refuse or resist; or

              (ii)     a psychiatric treatment order or a forensic psychiatric treatment order is also in force in relation to the person.