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MENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 44 OF 2023) - SECT 12

New section 80 (3A)

insert

    (3A)     A person apprehended under subsection (3) may be taken to an approved mental health facility by—

        (a)     the doctor or mental health officer who apprehended the person; or

        (b)     at the request of the doctor or mental health officer who apprehended the person—

              (i)     another doctor or mental health officer; or

              (ii)     a police officer; or

              (iii)     an authorised ambulance paramedic.


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