New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FORENSIC PROVISIONS ACT 2020 - SECT 13

13 Adjournment of proceedings

A Magistrate may, for the purposes of this Division--

(a) adjourn proceedings to enable--

(i) the defendant's apparent mental health impairment or cognitive impairment to be assessed or diagnosed, or

(ii) the development of a treatment or support plan for the defendant for the purposes of an order, or

(iii) a responsible person to be identified for the purposes of an order, or

(iv) for any other reason the Magistrate considers appropriate in the circumstances, or

(b) make other interim orders that the Magistrate considers appropriate.