South Australian Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH (REVIEW) AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO 34 OF 2016) - SECT 59

59—Amendment of section 70—Transfer from South Australian treatment centres

        (1)         Section 70(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:

        (1)         The Chief Psychiatrist may give a direction for the transfer to an interstate treatment centre of an involuntary inpatient or a patient absent without leave from a South Australian treatment centre.

        (2)         Section 70(3)—delete "Minister" and substitute:

Chief Psychiatrist

        (3)         Section 70(4)—delete "director" and substitute:

Chief Psychiatrist

        (4)         Section 70(5)(b) and (c)—delete "director" wherever occurring and substitute in each case:

Chief Psychiatrist

        (5)         Section 70(6)—delete "A" and substitute:

Subject to subsection (7), a

        (6)         Section 70—after subsection (6) insert:

        (7)         Subsection (6) does not apply if written consent to the transfer has been given—

            (a)         if the patient has attained 16 years of age and is capable of making decisions on his or her own behalf—by the patient; or

            (b)         in any other case—by a person referred to in subsection (5)(a).