South Australian Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2009 (NO 28 OF 2009) - SECT 69

69—Making of South Australian community treatment orders when interstate orders apply

        (1)         If an interstate community treatment order applies to a person who is now in South Australia, the Chief Psychiatrist may, without medical examination of the person, make an order for the treatment of the person's mental illness in South Australia containing requirements based on the requirements of the interstate community treatment order.

        (2)         The Chief Psychiatrist may make the order whether or not the person resides in South Australia.

        (3)         If an order is made under subsection (1), this Act applies as if the order were a level 1 community treatment order made by a psychiatrist or authorised medical practitioner under Part 4 Division 1.