2GForensic custody

2G Forensic custody

2G Forensic custody

(1) In this Act, a person is in forensic custody if the person is—

(a) subject to—

(i) an order under the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020, section 33(1), 61(2) or 65(2) that, as originally made, requires the person to be kept in strict government custody, or

(ii) an order prescribed by the regulations, or

(b) involuntarily detained in a mental health facility in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The regulations may make provision about—

(a) the circumstances in which a person in forensic custody is taken not to be in government custody, and

(b) the identification of the supervising authority for persons in forensic custody who are not detained in a mental health facility.

s 2G: Ins 2024 No 62, Sch 1[5].