Victorian Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 (NO. 26 OF 2014) - SECT 42

    (1)     Unless subsection (2) applies, a person who is subject to a Court Assessment Order must not be given treatment.

    (2)     The person may be given treatment if—

        (a)     the person gives informed consent to the treatment; or

        (b)     a registered medical practitioner employed or engaged by the designated mental health service is satisfied that urgent treatment is necessary to prevent —

              (i)     serious deterioration in the mental or physical health of the person; or

              (ii)     serious harm to the person or to another person; or

        (c)     the authorised psychiatrist makes a Temporary Treatment Order in relation to the person in accordance with section 46; or

        (d)     the person is subject to an existing Temporary Treatment Order or Treatment Order that was made before the Court Assessment Order was made.