Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH (TREATMENT AND CARE) (NO. 31 OF 1999) - SECT 10

    Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended—

        (a)     by inserting “or such further period pursuant to subsection (2)” after “days”; and

        (b)     by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(2)     Despite subsection (1), if the Tribunal is satisfied, based on clinical evidence provided to it by the person conducting the assessment, that a satisfactory assessment cannot be completed within the period of 7 days referred to in that subsection, the Tribunal may, by order made before the expiry of that period, extend the period for conducting the assessment for a further period, not exceeding 7 days, commencing on the expiry of the first period.”.