Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2015 - SECT 25

The representative of the treating team for a person with a mental disorder or mental illness must, as soon as practicable, ensure that the person—

        (a)     is told that the person may enter into an advance agreement; and

        (b)     is given the opportunity to enter into an advance agreement; and

        (c)     is told that the person may make an advance consent direction; and

        (d)     is given the opportunity to make an advance consent direction; and

        (e)     is told that the person may have someone with them to assist in entering into an advance agreement or making an advance consent direction.

Example—par (e)

a nominated person could assist the person