Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2015 - SECT 186

    (1)     This section applies to a proceeding on any of the following:

        (a)     a mental health order;

        (b)     a review of a mental health order under section 79 (Review of mental health order);

        (c)     a forensic mental health order;

        (d)     a grant of leave under section 119 (Grant of leave for person detained by ACAT);

        (e)     revocation of leave under section 120 (Revocation of leave granted by ACAT);

        (f)     a review of a forensic mental health order under section 126 (Review of forensic mental health order);

        (g)     an electroconvulsive therapy order under section 157 (Making of electroconvulsive therapy order);

        (h)     an emergency electroconvulsive therapy order under section 162 (Making of emergency electroconvulsive therapy order);

              (i)     a review of a person's fitness to plead under section 176 (Review of certain people found unfit to plead);

        (j)     a recommendation under section 177 (Recommendations about people with mental impairment) or section 178 (Recommendations about people with mental disorder or mental illness) about a person who has a mental impairment, mental disorder or mental illness;

        (k)     a review of detention under section 180 (Review of detention under court order).

    (2)     The ACAT must include—

        (a)     a presidential member; and

        (b)     a non-presidential member with a relevant interest, experience or qualification.

Note     The president of the ACAT is responsible for allocating members to the ACAT for an application (see ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008

, s 89).