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MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2022 - SECT 1

Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to restate, with amendments, the law relating to the treatment of persons living with mental illness or experiencing psychological distress; and

        (b)     to reform the system for the provision of mental health and wellbeing services; and

        (c)     to improve the administration of the system for mental health and wellbeing services; and

        (d)     to establish the Mental Health Tribunal; and

        (e)     to establish the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission; and

        (f)     to establish the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health; and

        (g)     to establish the Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing; and

        (h)     to establish Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Victoria; and

              (i)     to repeal the Mental Health Act 2014 and the Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2021 ; and

        (j)     to consequentially amend other Acts.



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