Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 608

608 .         Examination for purposes of referral made under 1996 Act s. 29(2)(b)

        (1)         This section applies if, immediately before commencement day, a psychiatrist had completed an examination for the purposes of a referral made under the 1996 Act section 29(2)(b) but had not done anything under section 39(1) of that Act 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 60.

        (3)         The psychiatrist can make an order under section 61(1)(c) on the basis of the examination, but the order cannot be made more than 72 hours after the time when the person who was examined was received at the place where the examination was conducted.

        [Section 608 inserted: No. 25 of 2014 s. 9.]