Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 451

451 .         Party is a child with no capacity to consent

        (1)         In a proceeding, a party who is a child who does not have sufficient maturity or understanding to make reasonable decisions about matters relating to himself or herself must be represented by one of these people —

            (a)         a legal practitioner;

            (b)         a mental health advocate;

            (c)         the child’s parent or guardian;

            (d)         any other person who, in the Tribunal’s opinion, can represent the child’s interests.

        (2)         Even though a party who is a child referred to in subsection (1) is represented in a proceeding and the child does not have the maturity or understanding referred to in subsection (1), the child is entitled to express in person his or her views about any matter arising in the course of the proceeding that may affect the child.