Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 473

473 .         Content

        (1)         Rules made under section 472 may make provision for any matter that is —

            (a)         required or permitted by this Act to be provided for in the rules; or

            (b)         necessary or convenient for the Tribunal to operate efficiently, economically and expeditiously.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), the rules may provide for any of these things —

            (a)         the organisation and management of the business of the Tribunal;

            (b)         custody and use of the Tribunal’s seal;

            (c)         the practice and procedure of the Tribunal in a proceeding, including —

                  (i)         the participation by a party, a party’s representative or a witness in a hearing by telephone, video link or other means of communication; and

                  (ii)         the conduct of all or part of a proceeding entirely on the basis of documents and without the parties, their representatives or any witnesses appearing at or participating in a hearing;

            (d)         the form in which documents are to be lodged with or issued by the Tribunal or to be served, which may be an electronic form;

            (e)         the Tribunal’s records.