Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 593

593 .         Inspections of relevant premises (1996 Act s. 13)

        (1)         Any information obtained by the Chief Psychiatrist in the course of a visit to the premises of a psychiatric health service under the 1996 Act section 13(2) (whether or not the visit was completed before commencement day) is taken to be information obtained by the Chief Psychiatrist in the course of a visit to a mental health service under section 521(1).

        (2)         A visit to the premises of a psychiatric health service by the Chief Psychiatrist under the 1996 Act section 13(2) that was started but not completed before commencement day can be completed by the Chief Psychiatrist under section 521(1) as a visit to a mental health service.

        [Section 593 inserted: No. 25 of 2014 s. 9.]