South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts34—Powers required for carrying detention and treatment orders into
effect
(1) Treatment centre
staff may exercise, in relation to a patient to whom a detention and treatment
order applies who is present at, or has been admitted to, the centre, any
power (including the power to use reasonable force) that is reasonably
required—
(a) for
carrying the order into effect; or
(b) for
the maintenance of order and security at the centre or the prevention of harm
or nuisance to others.
(2)
Subsection (1) has effect subject to the other provisions of this Act
and, in the case of staff other than the director, subject to the directions
of the director.