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MENTAL HEALTH (SECURE FACILITIES) ACT 2016 (NO. 31 OF 2016)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Dictionary
4. Notes
5. Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc
6. Application of Act
7. What is a secure mental health facility?
8. Terms used in Mental Health Act 2015
PART 2--ADMINISTRATION
9. Directions—secure mental health facilities
10. Prohibited things
11. Directions to workers
12. Director-general—delegations
13. Treatment of child or young person patient
PART 3--CONTACT
Division 3.1--Contact generally
14. Meaning of contact
15. Contact—general considerations
16. Contact with family and others—generally
17. Limits on contact with others
18. Limits on contact with others—register
19. Patient may request no contact with stated person
20. Request by others for no contact with patient
21. Patient contact with others—court-ordered restrictions
22. Patient contact with others—record
Division 3.2--Contact—monitoring electronic communications
23. Monitoring electronic communications
24. Electronic communications—directions
Division 3.3--Contact—monitoring mail
25. Monitoring mail
26. Mail searches—consequences
27. Searched mail—register
Division 3.4--Contact—visitors
28. Visiting conditions—direction—general
29. Visiting conditions—notice
30. Visiting conditions—compliance
31. Visits by accredited people
32. Visits by public trustee and guardian etc
33. Visits by family, friends and others
34. Directions to visitors
35. Taking prohibited things into secure mental health facility
36. Visitors—searches
37. Searches of visitors—requirements
38. Searches of visitors—child visitors
PART 4--SEARCHES OF PATIENTS
Division 4.1--Searches of patients—preliminary
39. Definitions
Division 4.2--Scanning, frisk and ordinary searches of patients
40. Scanning, frisk and ordinary searches of patients
41. Scanning, frisk and ordinary searches—requirements
42. Scanning, frisk and ordinary searches—record
Division 4.3--Strip searches
43. Meaning of seizeable item—div 4.3
44. Strip searches—when may be conducted
45. Strip searches—presence of authorised health practitioners
46. Strip searches—general rules
47. Strip search—record
Division 4.4--Treatment—patient has ingested or concealed something
48. Treatment if patient has ingested or concealed thing—general
49. Treatment if patient has ingested or concealed thing—record etc
Division 4.5--Searches of premises and personal property etc
50. Searches—premises and personal property etc
51. Searches of premises and personal property etc—record
52. Searches—use of force
Division 4.6--Seizing property
53. Seizing property—general
54. Receipt for things seized
55. Forfeiture of things seized
56. Return of things seized but not forfeited
57. Application for order disallowing seizure
58. Order for return of seized thing
Division 4.7--Searches—register
59. Searched premises and personal property—register
Division 4.8--Use of force
60. Managing use of force
61. Authorised use of force
62. Application of force
63. Medical examination after use of force
64. Use of force—record
65. Use of force—register
PART 5--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS
66. Meaning of reviewable decision––pt 5
67. Reviewable decision notices
68. Applications for review
PART 6--AUTHORISED PEOPLE
69. Appointment of authorised people
70. Authorised people—functions
71. Damage etc to be minimised
72. Identity cards
PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS
73. Prohibited things—tradespeople
74. Health care
75. Protection of officials from liability
76. Determination of fees
77. Approved forms
78. Regulation-making power
79. Review of Act
SCHEDULE 1
DICTIONARY
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