South Australian Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH (REVIEW) AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO 34 OF 2016) - SECT 66

66—Amendment of section 77—Transport to South Australia when South Australian inpatient treatment orders apply

        (1)         Section 77(1)—delete "at large" and substitute:

absent without leave

        (2)         Section 77(3)—delete "at large" and substitute:

absent without leave

        (3)         Section 77(4)—delete subsection (4) and substitute:

        (4)         A South Australian authorised officer or an interstate authorised officer may, for the purpose of the person's transport to a South Australian treatment centre—

            (a)         exercise the powers of an authorised officer under Part 9; and

            (b)         if the officer is a police officer (however described) in South Australia or another jurisdiction—exercise the powers of a police officer under Part 9,

(and the provisions of Part 9, including section 60, will apply for the purpose with necessary modifications).

        (4)         Section 77(5)—delete "director of the South Australian treatment centre" and substitute:

Chief Psychiatrist