Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 564

564 .         Powers of investigation

                The person appointed under section 563 to conduct an inquiry may, for the purpose of the inquiry —

            (a)         enter —

                  (i)         a mental health service at any time without notice; or

                  (ii)         any other premises at any reasonable time and at any other time with the owner’s consent;

                and

            (b)         on entering any premises under paragraph (a), do any of these things —

                  (i)         inspect the premises and anything on the premises;

                  (ii)         require a person on the premises to answer questions, or provide information, that the person appointed under section 563 considers relevant to the inquiry;

                  (iii)         require a person on the premises to produce any documents that the person appointed under section 563 considers relevant to the inquiry;

                  (iv)         inspect, or take a copy of the whole or any part of any document produced under subparagraph (iii);

                  (v)         require a person on the premises to give reasonable assistance to the person appointed under section 563 in the exercise of a power under this section.