Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) An authorised psychiatrist must notify the Secretary to the Department of Justice that he or she intends to discharge a person as a security patient—
(a) in the case of a person who is subject to a Court Secure Treatment Order, under section 274(1); or
(b) in the case of a person who is subject to a Secure Treatment Order, under section 280(1).
(2) An authorised psychiatrist must notify the Tribunal (unless the Tribunal ordered that the person be discharged as a security patient) as soon as practicable after discharging a person as a security patent.
(3) An authorised psychiatrist who has discharged a person as a security patient must ensure that reasonable steps are taken—
(a) to notify the person that he or she has been discharged as a security patient and to explain to the person the purpose and effect of the discharge; and
(b) to notify the following persons in relation to the person who is discharged that the person has been discharged—
(i) the nominated person;
(ii) a guardian;
(iii) a carer, if the authorised psychiatrist is satisfied that the discharge will directly affect the carer and the care relationship;
(iv) a parent, if the person 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.
(3) As soon as practicable after the Secretary to the Department of Justice is notified under subsection (1), the Secretary to the Department of Justice must make the necessary arrangements to take the person to a prison or other place of confinement if the person is discharged under section 274(1)(a) or (b) or 280(1)(a) or (b).