New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 3

3 Objects of Act

The objects of this Act are--

(a) to provide for the care and treatment of, and to promote the recovery of, persons who are mentally ill or mentally disordered, and

(b) to facilitate the care and treatment of those persons through community care facilities, and

(c) to facilitate the provision of hospital care for those persons on a voluntary basis where appropriate and, in a limited number of situations, on an involuntary basis, and

(d) while protecting the civil rights of those persons, to give an opportunity for those persons to have access to appropriate care and, where necessary, to provide for treatment for their own protection or the protection of others, and

(e) to facilitate the involvement of those persons, and persons caring for them, in decisions involving appropriate care and treatment.

Note : See also section 68 which contains principles for care and treatment and section 105 which sets out objectives for the New South Wales public health system.