Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies in relation to an involuntary inpatient who is detained at an
authorised hospital.
(2) The treating
psychiatrist or, if the treating psychiatrist is not reasonably available,
another psychiatrist at the authorised hospital may make an order (a transfer
order ) authorising the involuntary inpatient’s transfer from the
authorised hospital to another authorised hospital specified in the order.
(3) The transfer order
must be in the approved form and must include the following —
(a) the
involuntary inpatient’s name;
(b) the
authorised hospital from which the involuntary inpatient is to be transferred;
(c) the
authorised hospital to which the involuntary inpatient is to be transferred;
(d) the
date and time when the order is made;
(e) the
reasons for the transfer;
(f) the
name, qualifications and signature of the psychiatrist making it.
(4) A psychiatrist who
makes a transfer order must, as soon as practicable, file it and give a copy
to the involuntary inpatient.
(5) The making of a
transfer order under subsection (2) is an event to which Part 9 applies and
the psychiatrist who makes the order is the person responsible under that Part
for notification of that event.
Note for this section:
Section 66 applies in
relation to the transfer of an involuntary inpatient from a general hospital
to an authorised hospital.