Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies in relation to an involuntary community patient who —
(a)
attends a place in compliance with an order to attend; or
(b) is
transported to a place under a transport order made under section 129(2).
(2) The involuntary
community patient —
(a) must
be received into the place; and
(b) can
be detained at the place until the first of these things occurs —
(i)
treatment is provided to the involuntary community
patient;
(ii)
the supervising psychiatrist makes an order under
section 131(2)(a) in respect of the patient;
(iii)
the expiry of 6 hours from the time when the patient was
received.
(3) A person
prescribed by the regulations for this subsection is authorised to exercise
the powers under section 172 for the purpose of detaining the involuntary
community patient at the place.
(4) The involuntary
community patient cannot continue to be detained if, by the end of the 6-hour
period referred to in subsection (2)(b)(iii) —
(a)
treatment has not been provided to the involuntary community patient; and
(b) the
supervising psychiatrist has not made an order under section 131(2)(a) in
respect of the involuntary community patient.
(5) The release of a
person because of subsection (4) is an event to which Part 9 applies and the
person in charge of the place is the person responsible under that Part for
notification of that event.
Notes for this section:
1. Part 7 Division 4
applies in relation to the release of an involuntary community patient who is
detained at a place under section 130(2)(b).
2. Part 7 Division 5
applies if an involuntary community patient is absent without leave from the
place where the patient can be detained under section 130(2)(b).