Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A medical
practitioner or authorised mental health practitioner may make an order
authorising the continuation of the person’s detention for up to 24
hours from the time when the order under section 61(1)(a) or (c) is made if
satisfied that the person needs to be detained to enable the person to be
taken to the hospital.
(2) A medical
practitioner or authorised mental health practitioner may, immediately before
the end of the period of detention authorised under subsection (1) or any
further period of detention authorised under this subsection in respect of the
person, make an order authorising the continuation of the person’s
detention for up to 24 hours from the end of that period to enable the person
to be taken to the hospital.
(3) A person cannot be
detained under orders made under this section for a continuous period of more
than 72 hours.
(4) A medical
practitioner or authorised mental health practitioner cannot make an order
under subsection (2) in respect of the person unless —
(a)
immediately before making the order, the practitioner assesses the person; and
(b) as a
consequence, the practitioner is satisfied that the person still needs to be
detained to enable the person to be taken to the hospital.
(5) Division 2
Subdivision 4 applies in relation to the conduct of an assessment required by
subsection (4)(a).
(6) An order made
under this section must be in the approved form and must include the following
—
(a) the
date and time when it is made;
(b) the
date and time when it expires;
(c) the
reasons for the continuation;
(d) the
name, qualifications and signature of the practitioner making it.
(7) A practitioner who
makes an order under this section in respect of a person must, as soon as
practicable, file it and give a copy to the person.
(8) A practitioner who
makes an order under this section in respect of a person must ensure that the
person has the opportunity and the means to contact any carer, close family
member or other personal support person of the person, a health professional
who is currently providing the person with treatment and the Chief Mental
Health Advocate —
(a) as
soon as practicable after it is made; and
(b) at
all reasonable times while the person is detained under it.
(9) The person cannot
continue to be detained if, by the end of a period of detention authorised
under this section in respect of the person —
(a) the
person has not been taken to the hospital; and
(b) the
person has not been apprehended under a transport order made under
section 63(1); and
(c) an
order under subsection (2) authorising the continuation of the person’s
detention from the end of that period has not been made or, because of
subsection (3), cannot be made.