Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 33

33 .         Effect of admission on community treatment order

                Any community treatment order in force in respect of the voluntary inpatient is suspended for the period —

            (a)         beginning when the voluntary inpatient is admitted as an inpatient by the authorised hospital; and

            (b)         ending when the first of these things occurs —

                  (i)         a psychiatrist makes an order under section 55(1)(a) or 56(1)(a)(i);

                  (ii)         the voluntary inpatient is discharged as an inpatient by the authorised hospital.

        Notes for this section:

        1.         A community treatment order is automatically revoked under section 116(b) if a psychiatrist makes an inpatient treatment order under section 55(1)(a) or 56(1)(a)(i) in respect of the voluntary inpatient.

        2.         A community treatment order can be revoked under section 120(2)(b) or 131(2)(b).