Victorian Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 (NO. 26 OF 2014) - SECT 436

See:
Act No.
65/1997.
Reprint No. 4
as at
28 June 2012.
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    (1)     In section 3(1) of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 —

        (a)     in the definition of "appropriate place", for paragraph (a) substitute —

    "(a)     a designated mental health service; or";

        (b)     the definition of approved mental health service is repealed ;

        (c)     in the definition of "authorised psychiatrist", for " Mental Health Act 1986 " substitute " Mental Health Act 2014 ";

        (d)     in the definition of "chief psychiatrist", for " Mental Health Act 1986 " substitute " Mental Health Act 2014 ";

        (e)     in the definition of "forensic patient", in paragraphs (a)(i) and (ii), (ab) and (ad), for "an approved" substitute "a designated";

        (f)     in the definition of "forensic patient", for paragraph (b) substitute —

    "(b)     a person who is an international forensic patient; or

        (c)     a person taken from a prison to a designated mental health service under section 306 of the Mental Health Act 2014 ;".

    (2)     Insert the following definitions in section 3(1) of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 —

"" designated mental health service" has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Mental Health Act 2014 ;

"Secure Treatment Order" means an Order within the meaning of section 175 of the Mental Health Act 2014 ;".