Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies —
(a) to
any of these people —
(i)
a patient who is admitted by a mental health service;
(ii)
a person who is detained under this Act at a mental
health service or other place to enable an examination to be conducted by a
psychiatrist;
(iii)
any other person who presents at a mental health service
for treatment;
and
(b) at
these times —
(i)
when the patient or other person is being admitted by, or
is being received into, the mental health service or other place;
(ii)
at any time while the patient or other person is being
provided with treatment or care at the mental health service or other place.
(2) A police officer
or authorised person who reasonably suspects that there is on or with the
patient or other person any article listed in section 164(2) may —
(a)
search, in accordance with sections 163 and 172, the person and any article
found on or with the patient or other person; and
(b)
seize, in accordance with sections 164 and 172, any article listed in
section 164(2) that is found on or with the patient or other person.