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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 395

395 .         What Tribunal may do on completing review

        (1)         On completing a review under this Division, the Tribunal may make any orders, and give any directions, the Tribunal considers appropriate.

        (2)         Those orders and directions include the following —

            (a)         an order revoking an involuntary treatment order;

            (b)         a direction to the psychiatrist named in the order to make, within a reasonable period specified in the direction, a community treatment order in terms that are consistent with section 115 and specified in the direction;

            (c)         an order varying the terms of a community treatment order in any way that is consistent with section 115.

        (3)         The Tribunal cannot make an order or give a direction under subsection (1) in relation to an involuntary patient’s treatment, support or discharge plan, but may make —

            (a)         a recommendation that the patient’s psychiatrist review the treatment, support or discharge plan; and

            (b)         if such a recommendation is made — a recommendation about the amendments that could be made to the treatment, support and discharge plan.

        (4)         The Tribunal may give a copy of any recommendation made under subsection (3) to the Chief Psychiatrist.



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