Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) An Assessment Order is an Order made by a registered medical practitioner or mental health practitioner that enables a person who is subject to the Assessment Order to be compulsorily—
(a) examined by an authorised psychiatrist to determine whether the treatment criteria apply to the person; or
(b) taken to, and detained in, a designated mental health service and examined there by an authorised psychiatrist to determine whether the treatment criteria apply to the person.
(2) An Assessment Order referred to in subsection (1)(a) is a Community Assessment Order .
(3) An Assessment Order referred to in subsection (1)(b) is an Inpatient Assessment Order .