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MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FORENSIC PROVISIONS ACT 2020 - SECT 110

Execution of apprehension orders

110 Execution of apprehension orders

(1) A police officer to whose notice an apprehension order under this Division is brought must--
(a) apprehend and take or assist in taking the person to the mental health facility, correctional centre, detention centre or other place specified in the order, or
(b) cause or make arrangements for some other police officer to do so.
(2) A police officer may--
(a) enter premises to apprehend the person, and
(b) apprehend the person without a warrant, and
(c) exercise any of the powers conferred on a person who is authorised under section 81 of the Mental Health Act 2007 to take a person to a mental health facility.



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