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Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
52What are the surrounds?
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52 What are the surrounds?
S. 52(1) amended by Nos 29/2010 s. 30(1), 26/2014 s. 442(1), 19/2019 s. 245(1).
(1) The ***surrounds***, in relation to a designated mental health service or a residential treatment facility, is the area declared under subsection (2) to be the surrounds in relation to that service.
S. 52(2) amended by Nos 29/2010 s. 30, 26/2014 s. 442(2), 19/2019 s. 245(2).
(2) The Governor-in-Council, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may declare an area surrounding or adjacent to a designated mental health service or a residential treatment facility to be the surrounds in relation to that designated mental health service or residential treatment facility.