Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) This section applies to a person who is absent without leave and is—
(a) subject to—
(i) an Inpatient Assessment Order; or
(ii) an Inpatient Temporary Treatment Order; or
(iii) an Inpatient Treatment Order; or
(iv) an Inpatient Court Assessment Order; or
(b) a security patient; or
(c) a forensic patient.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person to whom this section applies is absent without leave if the person is absent from a designated mental health service without a grant of leave of absence.
(3) If a person to whom this section applies is absent without leave, the authorised psychiatrist must take reasonable steps to notify the following persons in relation to that person of the person's absence—
(a) the nominated person;
(b) a guardian;
(c) a carer, if the authorised psychiatrist is satisfied that the person's absence will directly affect the carer and the care relationship;
(d) a parent, if the person is under the age of 16 years;
(e) the Secretary to the Department of Human Services, if the person is the subject of a custody to Secretary order or a guardianship to Secretary order.
(4) The authorised psychiatrist may arrange for a person to whom this section applies to be apprehended and taken to a designated mental health service.