Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 246

246 .         Person responsible for ensuring explanation is provided

                For sections 244 and 245, the person responsible is —

            (a)         when section 243(a) applies — the person in charge of the authorised hospital; or

            (b)         when section 243(b) applies — the psychiatrist who makes the inpatient treatment order; or

            (c)         when section 243(c) applies — the psychiatrist who grants the leave of absence; or

            (d)         when section 243(d) applies — the psychiatrist who makes the community treatment order; or

            (e)         when section 243(e) or (f) applies — the medical practitioner or authorised mental health practitioner who makes the referral.