Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 98

98 .         Making apprehension and return order

        (1)         The person in charge of a hospital or other place or a medical practitioner may make an order (an apprehension and return order ) in respect of a person who is absent without leave from the hospital or other place if satisfied that no other safe means of ensuring that the person returns to the hospital or other place is reasonably available.

        (2)         An apprehension and return order must be in the approved form and must include the following —

            (a)         the name of the person who is absent without leave;

            (b)         the hospital or other place from which the person is absent without leave;

            (c)         the hospital or other place to which the person must be taken if apprehended;

            (d)         the date when it is made;

            (e)         the date when it will expire;

            (f)         the reasons for making it;

            (g)         the name, qualifications and signature of the person making it.

        (3)         A person who makes an apprehension and return order must, as soon as practicable, file it and give a copy to the police officer or person prescribed who will carry out the order.