Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) In section 34(1)(a) of the Principal Act, before "in the case" insert "subject to subsection (1A),".
(2) After section 34(1) of the Principal Act insert —
"(1A) A Community Assessment Order (which is varied from an Inpatient Assessment Order to a Community Assessment Order under section 35) remains in force (unless the Community Assessment Order is extended in accordance with this section or revoked in accordance with section 37) for a period of 24 hours starting—
(a) if the person subject to the Order was not received at a designated mental health service before the variation was made under section 35, at the time that the Inpatient Assessment Order was varied to the Community Assessment Order; or
(b) if the person subject to the Order was received at a designated mental health service before the variation was made under section 35, at the time that the person was received at the designated mental health service.".