Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 407

407 .         Things to which Tribunal must have regard

        (1)         In making a decision on a review under this Division in respect of a long-term voluntary inpatient, the Tribunal must have regard to these things —

            (a)         if the inpatient is a child and the Tribunal is not constituted with a child and adolescent psychiatrist — the views of a medical practitioner or mental health practitioner specified in subsection (2);

            (b)         the inpatient’s psychiatric condition;

            (c)         the inpatient’s medical and psychiatric history;

            (d)         the inpatient’s wishes, to the extent that it is practicable to ascertain those wishes;

            (e)         the views of any carer, close family member or other personal support person of the inpatient;

            (f)         any other things that the Tribunal considers relevant to making the decision.

        (2)         For subsection (1)(a), a medical practitioner or mental health practitioner must —

            (a)         have qualifications, training or experience relevant to children who have a mental illness; and

            (b)         be authorised by the Chief Psychiatrist for this paragraph.

        Note for this section:

                For the purpose of the Tribunal ascertaining the patient’s wishes under section 407(1)(d), Part 2 Division 4 applies.