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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 (NO. 26 OF 2014) - SECT 324

Person subject to interstate compulsory order taken to Victoria to determine suitability for Temporary Treatment Order

    (1)     A person who is compulsorily detained in an interstate mental health facility under a corresponding law or who is subject to a corresponding Order may, if approved by the authorised psychiatrist of a designated mental health service, be—

        (a)     taken to this State in accordance with the corresponding law; and

        (b)     examined by the authorised psychiatrist at a designated mental health service or in the community as soon as practicable after the person enters this State to determine whether the person should be made subject to a Temporary Treatment Order.

    (2)     A person referred to in subsection (1) may be taken to an authorised psychiatrist by—

        (a)     an authorised person; or

        (b)     a person who is authorised under the corresponding law to take the person to an authorised psychiatrist.

    (3)     A person who is taken to this State under this section ceases to be subject to a corresponding Order when the person is made subject to a Temporary Treatment Order.



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