Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 605

605 .         Examination of person who is referred (1996 Act s. 37 including as applied by s. 30(5))

        (1)         This section applies if, immediately before commencement day, a psychiatrist had completed an examination for the purposes of the 1996 Act section 37, or that section as applied by section 30(5) of that Act, but had not done anything under that section as a result of the examination.

        (2)         The examination is taken to be an examination conducted in accordance with Part 6 Division 3 Subdivision 6 for the purposes of section 54.

        (3)         If the psychiatrist makes an order under section 55(1)(c), for the purposes of section 55(3), the maximum period that the person who is under the order can be detained under the order expires at —

            (a)         if the person is under a referral to which section 599(1) applies — the end of 72 hours after the person was received into the authorised hospital under the 1996 Act section 36(1)(a); or

            (b)         if the person is a voluntary inpatient who is under a referral to which section 600(1) applies — the end of 72 hours after the referral was made under the 1996 Act section 29(1) as applied by section 30(1) of that Act.

        [Section 605 inserted: No. 25 of 2014 s. 9.]