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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 (NO. 26 OF 2014) - SECT 290

Notification requirements for monitored leave

    (1)     As soon as practicable after granting, varying or revoking monitored leave, the Secretary to the Department of Justice must notify the authorised psychiatrist for the designated mental health service in which the security patient is or was detained of his or her decision.

    (2)     The authorised psychiatrist must ensure that reasonable steps are taken—

        (a)     to inform the security patient of the Secretary's decision and to explain its purpose and effect; and

        (b)     to notify the following persons in relation to the security patient of the decision—

              (i)     the nominated person;

              (ii)     a guardian;

              (iii)     a carer, if the authorised psychiatrist is satisfied that the decision will directly affect the carer and the care relationship;

              (iv)     a parent, if the security patient is under the age of 16 years;

              (v)     the Secretary to the Department of Human Services, if the security patient is the subject of a custody to Secretary order or a guardianship to Secretary order.



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