New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf 1990 Act, s 35)
(1) A person detained as a mentally disordered person under step 5 in section 27 (e) must not be detained in a mental health facility for a continuous period of more than 3 days (not including weekends and public holidays).
(2) If an authorised medical officer of a mental health facility is of the opinion that an assessable person has ceased to be a mentally ill person but is a mentally disordered person, the person must not be further detained in the facility for a continuous period of more than 3 days (not including weekends and public holidays).
(3) An authorised medical officer must examine a mentally disordered person detained in a mental health facility at least once every 24 hours.
(4) The person must not be further detained in the mental health facility if, on any such examination, the authorised medical officer is of the opinion that the person is not a mentally disordered person or a mentally ill person or that other care of a less restrictive kind, that is consistent with safe and effective care, is appropriate and reasonably available to the person.
(5) A person must not be admitted to and detained in a mental health facility on the grounds that the person is a mentally disordered person on more than 3 occasions in any 1 calendar month.