Northern Territory Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT 2020 (NO 6 OF 2020) - SECT 19

Sections 139 to 141

repeal, insert

141     Decisions and reasons for decisions

Section 105(2) to (4) of the NTCAT Act does not apply to a decision made by the Tribunal under this Act.

141A     Publication of decision

    (1)     For section 106 of the NTCAT Act, before deciding to publish its final decision in a proceeding, the Tribunal must take into account whether or not:

    (a)     the privacy of the parties to the review or involuntary detention application will be adversely affected by the publication; and

    (b)     the publication of the decision will result in serious harm to the health of the person who is the subject of the review or involuntary detention application or will place at risk the safety of other persons; and

    (c)     the publication of the decision is in the public interest.

    (2)     If the Tribunal publishes its final decision under section 106 of the NTCAT Act, the Tribunal must not include the name of the person who is the subject of the decision under this Act or any other material that may disclose the identity of the person in the publication.