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SENTENCING ACT 1991 - SECT 90

What is a Court Assessment Order?

    (1)     A Court Assessment Order is an Order made by the court that enables a person who is subject to the Court Assessment Order to be compulsorily—

        (a)     examined by an authorised psychiatrist to determine whether—

              (i)     the person should be made subject to a Temporary Treatment Order; and

              (ii)     the criteria specified in section 94B(1)(c) in relation to making a Court Secure Treatment Order apply to the person; or

        (b)     taken to, and detained at, a designated mental health service and examined there by an authorised psychiatrist to determine whether—

              (i)     the person should be made subject to a Temporary Treatment Order; and

              (ii)     the criteria specified in section 94B(1)(c) in relation to making a Court Secure Treatment Order apply to the person.

    (2)     A Court Assessment Order referred to in subsection (1)(a) is a Community Court Assessment Order .

    (3)     A Court Assessment Order referred to in subsection (1)(b) is an Inpatient Court Assessment Order .

S. 91 substituted by No. 26/2014 s. 435.



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