Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 337

337 .         What Director must do on completing investigation

        (1)         On completing an investigation, the Director must —

            (a)         decide whether or not a service provider has acted, or failed to act, in a manner referred to in section 320(2); and

            (b)         give written notice of the decision to —

                  (i)         if a complaint was investigated — the complainant and the respondent; or

                  (ii)         if the investigation was conducted under section 341 — the Minister and any person affected by the decision.

        (2)         The written notice must be given on or within 14 days after the day on which the Director makes the decision.

        (3)         The written notice must specify —

            (a)         the reasons for the decision; and

            (b)         if the Director has decided that a service provider has acted, or failed to act, in a manner referred to in section 320(2) — any action that the Director recommends ought to be taken to remedy the matter by the respondent or any other person.

        (4)         Before recommending action that ought to be taken to remedy the matter by the respondent or another person, the Director must consult —

            (a)         the respondent or that other person; and

            (b)         if any action that the Director considers ought to be taken to remedy the matter is likely to have an impact on people other than the respondent or that other person — so many of those people as the Director considers appropriate.