72APrincipal care providers

#### 72A Principal care providers 72A Principal care providers > > (1) The principal care provider of a person for the purposes of this Act is the individual who is primarily responsible for providing support or care to the person (other than wholly or substantially on a commercial basis). > > > (2) An authorised medical officer at a mental health facility or a director of community treatment may, for the purposes of complying with a provision of this Act or the regulations, determine who is the principal care provider of a person. > > > (3) The authorised medical officer or the director of community treatment must not determine that a person is the principal care provider of another person if the person is excluded from being given notice or information about the other person under this Act. > > > (4) An authorised medical officer or a director of community treatment is not required to give effect to a requirement relating to a principal care provider of a person under this Act or the regulations if the officer or director reasonably believes that to do so may put the person or the principal care provider at risk of serious harm. > > > (5) A principal care provider of a person may also be a designated carer of the person. > > **s 72A:** Ins 2014 No 85, Sch 1 \[44\] (am 2015 No 15, Sch 1.18 \[1\]).