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MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FORENSIC PROVISIONS ACT 2020 - SECT 107
Release from detention on ceasing to be a forensic patient or correctional patient
(1) A person who ceases to be a forensic patient must be discharged from the
mental health facility, correctional centre, detention centre or other place
in which the person is detained.
(2) A person who ceases to be a
correctional patient must be discharged from the mental health facility in
which the person is detained.
(3) A person must not be discharged from a
mental health facility under this section if the person is classified as an
involuntary patient.
(4) A person who is detained in a correctional centre or
detention centre must not be discharged from the centre under this section
if-- (a) the person has ceased to be a forensic patient because the person has
been found fit to be tried for an offence, or
(b) the person is required to
continue to be detained for any other lawful reason.
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