South Australian Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH (INPATIENT) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO 26 OF 2012) - SECT 4

4—Amendment of section 3—Interpretation

        (1)         Section 3, definition of "detention and treatment order —delete the definition

        (2)         Section 3—after the definition of "guardian" insert:

"inpatient" in a treatment centre means a person admitted as a patient in a treatment centre;

"inpatient treatment order" means—

            (a)         a level 1 inpatient treatment order; or

            (b)         a level 2 inpatient treatment order; or

            (c)         a level 3 inpatient treatment order;

"involuntary inpatient" means an inpatient who is subject to an inpatient treatment order;

"leave of absence"—see section 36;

        (3)         Section 3, definition of "patient", (a)—delete "patient in a treatment centre" and substitute:

inpatient

        (4)         Section 3, definition of "patient at large", (b)—delete "being detained" and substitute:

an involuntary inpatient

        (5)         Section 3, definition of "voluntary patient —delete the definition and substitute:

"voluntary inpatient" means an inpatient who is not subject to an inpatient treatment order.