Mental Health Act 2007
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170 Definitions
170 Definitions
(cf 1990 Act, s 286B)
In this Chapter—
agreement means an agreement under section 171.
civil patient means a person who is involuntarily detained, or who may be detained, under a corresponding law that corresponds to Chapter 3.
corresponding law means a law declared by the regulations to be a law corresponding to this Act or the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 for the purposes of this Chapter.
interstate community treatment order means an order made under a corresponding law that is of a class declared by the regulations to be an interstate community treatment order for the purposes of this Chapter.
mental health laws of this State include this Act, the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 and any regulations made under this Act or that Act.
State includes an internal or an external Territory of the Commonwealth.
s 170: Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2 [45] [46]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[19].