Victorian Current Acts

SENTENCING ACT 1991 - SECT 93

    (1)     As soon as practicable after an Inpatient Court Assessment Order is made, the person who is subject to the Order must be taken to a designated mental health service in accordance with any direction made by the court under section 94D.

    (2)     A Court Assessment Order comes into force when the Order is made and remains in force for a period of—

        (a)     in the case of a Community Court Assessment Order, 7 days; and

        (b)     the case of an Inpatient Court Assessment Order, 7 days after the day on which the person who is subject to the Order is received at the designated mental health service.

S. 94 substituted by No. 26/2014 s. 435.