Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts A community treatment
order that is in force in respect of a person who is referred under
section 26(2) or (3)(a) is suspended for the period —
(a)
beginning when the referral is made; and
(b)
ending when the first of these things occurs —
(i)
a psychiatrist makes an order under section 55(1)(a) or
(d), 56(1)(a)(i) or (iii), 61(1)(a) or (d) or 72(1)(a) or (c) in respect of
the person;
(ii)
the referral is revoked under section 31(1);
(iii)
the person cannot continue to be detained because
section 28(10) or (11), 52(4), 58(4) or 70(4) applies.
Notes for this section:
1. A community
treatment order that the patient is under is automatically revoked under
section 116(b) if a psychiatrist makes an inpatient treatment order under
section 55(1)(a), 56(1)(a)(i), 61(1)(a) or 72(1)(a) in respect of the
involuntary community patient.
2. A community
treatment order is no longer suspended if a psychiatrist makes an order under
section 55(1)(d), 56(1)(a)(iii), 61(1)(d) or 72(1)(c) that the involuntary
community patient cannot continue to be detained.
3. A community
treatment order remains suspended until the period of the suspension ends
under section 30(b), or until the community treatment order is revoked under
section 120(2)(b) or 131(2)(b), if a psychiatrist makes an order under
section 61(1)(c) in respect of the involuntary community patient.