Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 622

622 Offences relating to patients absconding

(1) This section applies if a person is—

(a) transporting a person (the
"patient" ) under this Act—

(i) to an authorised mental health service; or

(ii) to the forensic disability service; or

(iii) to appear before a court; or

(iv) to a place of custody; or

(b) accompanying a classified patient, forensic patient or person subject to a judicial order (also the
"patient" ) while the patient is receiving limited community treatment or on a temporary absence under section 221 .

(2) For this section, while the person is acting as mentioned in subsection (1) , the patient is in the person’s charge.

(3) The person must not wilfully allow the patient to abscond from the person’s charge.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

(4) A person must not knowingly help the patient to abscond from the person’s charge.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.