77Notification to new involuntary patients of appeal rights

77 Notification to new involuntary patients of appeal rights

77 Notification to new involuntary patients of appeal rights

(cf 1990 Act, s 55)

(1) An authorised medical officer of a mental health facility must give, or cause to be given, to a person ordered by the Tribunal after a mental health inquiry to be detained in the facility as an involuntary patient a statement of the rights of appeal conferred on the person as an involuntary patient under this Act.

(1A) An authorised medical officer of a mental health facility must give, or cause to be given, to a person detained in the facility on the order of the Tribunal after a breach of a community treatment order a statement of the rights of appeal conferred on the person under this Act or the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020.

(2) The statement must be given as soon as practicable after the order is made.

(3) The statement is to be in the form approved by the Minister.

s 77: Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2 [21]; 2008 No 107, Sch 16 [20]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[7].