Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983 (REPEALED) - SECT 41

        (a)     a person is in the custody of the Director in accordance with a treatment order;

        (b)     the treatment order authorizes the imposition of restrictions on communication between the person to whom the order relates and other persons; and

        (c)     there are reasonable grounds for believing that it is desirable, in the interests of the effective treatment of the person, that communication between that person and other persons be restricted,

the Director may, subject to the order, impose such restrictions upon communication by that person with other persons as are reasonable and necessary to avoid prejudicing the effectiveness of that treatment.

(2) Where restrictions are imposed on a person to whom a treatment order relates in pursuance of subsection (1), the Director shall, as soon as is practicable, cause a medical practitioner to explain to that person and to the prescribed representative of the person—

        (a)     the nature of the restrictions;

        (b)     the period during which the restrictions will remain in effect; and

        (c)     the reasons for the imposition of the restrictions.

(4) Restrictions imposed under subsection (1) cease to have effect at the expiration of a period of 7 days, but nothing in this subsection prevents the imposition of further restrictions immediately after the previous restrictions cease to have effect.

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