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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 496

496 .         Constitution generally

                For the purpose of a proceeding, except as provided by sections 497 and 498, the State Administrative Tribunal must be constituted by 3 members as follows —

            (a)         a judicial member, a senior member or a legally qualified member;

            (b)         if the person concerned in the proceeding is an adult — a member who is a psychiatrist;

            (c)         if the person concerned in the proceeding is a child — a member who is a child and adolescent psychiatrist;

            (d)         a member who is not —

                  (i)         a legally qualified member; or

                  (ii)         a medical practitioner; or

                  (iii)         a mental health practitioner who is a staff member of a mental health service or private psychiatric hostel.



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