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#### 147 Annual report
147 Annual report
(cf 1990 Act, s 261)
> > (1) As soon as practicable after 1 September, but on or before 1 December, in each year, the President must prepare and forward to the Minister a report as to the exercise by the Tribunal of its functions.
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> > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the report is to include the following matters relating to persons taken to mental health facilities under Part 2 of Chapter 3—
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> > > (a) the number of persons so taken and the provisions of this Act under which they were so taken,
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> > > (b) the number of persons detained as mentally ill persons or mentally disordered persons,
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> > > (c) the number of persons in respect of whom a mental health inquiry was held,
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> > > (d) the number of persons detained as involuntary patients.
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> > (3) The report is also to include any matters the Minister may direct or that are prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (4) The Minister must lay the report, or cause it to be laid, before each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after receiving the report.
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> > (5) Any report required to be made under this section may be included in the annual reporting information prepared for the Ministry of Health under the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055).
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> **s 147:** Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1 \[77\]; 2018 No 70, Sch 4.67\[2\].