Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 871

871 Application of new ch 12, pt 10

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) before the commencement, an application for an approval was made under former chapter 12, part 10; and

(b) immediately before the commencement, the application had not been decided.

(2) New chapter 12, part 10 applies in relation to the application.

(3) If the application does not include information required under new section 515—

(a) the tribunal must give the applicant a written request for the information; and

(b) if the applicant complies with the request within any period stated in the request—the application is taken to comply, and to always have complied, with new section 515, but only to the extent the application would have complied with new section 515 if the information were included in the application when it was made.

(4) Also, new chapter 12, part 10 applies in relation to a person who is subject to an interstate forensic order, forensic order (mental health), forensic order (disability) or treatment support order, whether the order was made before or after the commencement.