187Review of seclusion and restraint

187 Review of seclusion and restraint

The following provisions govern the review of any instance of seclusion or restraint:

(a) the Tribunal may do the review on its own motion at any time;

(b) the Tribunal must do the review on the application of any person with the necessary standing;

(c) the Tribunal may do the review even if the period of seclusion or restraint has ended;

(d) on review, the Tribunal may –

(i) affirm the use of the seclusion or restraint; or

(ii) direct that the seclusion or restraint be terminated or suspended forthwith or by a specified time (if it is ongoing); or

(iii) declare that the patient should not have been subjected to the seclusion or restraint, either at all or in the way it was.