New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FORENSIC PROVISIONS ACT 2020 - SECT 105

105 Classification of patients as involuntary patients

(1) The Tribunal may, on a review under this Part, classify a patient detained in a mental health facility, correctional centre, detention centre or other place as an involuntary patient if--

(a) the patient is a forensic patient detained following a special hearing and is to cease to be a forensic patient within 6 months after the date of the review, or

(b) the patient is a correctional patient who is to cease to be a correctional patient within 6 months after the date of the review.

(2) The Tribunal may order that a patient classified as an involuntary patient be transferred from a correctional centre or detention centre to a mental health facility.