Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) On completing the
examination, the psychiatrist must make one of these orders —
(a) an
inpatient treatment order authorising the person’s detention at the
authorised hospital for the period specified in the order in accordance with
section 87(a) or (b);
(b) a
community treatment order in respect of the person;
(c) an
order that the person cannot continue to be detained.
(2) The order must be
in the approved form and must include the following —
(a) the
date and time when it is made;
(b) if
it is made under subsection (1)(a) or (b) — the reasons for making it;
(c) the
name, qualifications and signature of the psychiatrist.
(3) The psychiatrist
must, as soon as practicable, file the order and give a copy to the person.
Notes for this section:
1. A community
treatment order is automatically revoked under section 116(b) if a
psychiatrist makes an inpatient treatment order under section 72(1)(a) in
respect of the involuntary community patient.
2. A community
treatment order is no longer suspended if a psychiatrist makes an order under
section 72(1)(c) that the involuntary community patient cannot continue to be
detained.