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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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