Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 289

289 .         Involuntary patient or supervised person with no capacity to consent

        (1)         This section applies in relation to a patient —

            (a)         who is —

                  (i)         an involuntary patient; or

                  (ii)         a supervised person required under the CLMI Act to be detained at an authorised hospital;

                and

            (b)         who does not have the capacity to consent to a carer or close family member of the patient being provided with the information referred to in section 285(1)(a), or being involved in the matters referred to in section 285(1)(b), relating to his or her treatment and care.

        (2)         The carer or close family member is entitled, subject to section 292, to be provided with that information, or to be involved in those matters.

        [Section 289 amended: No. 10 of 2023 s. 378.]