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Mental Health Act 2013
159Powers of Official Visitors
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159 Powers of Official Visitors
(1) The Principal Official Visitor has the power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done to perform his or her functions.
(2) An Official Visitor has the power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done to perform his or her functions.
(3) The delegation of a function under section 158 also confers on the delegate power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done to perform that function.