Mental Health Act 2013
192Review of exercise of visiting, telephone or correspondence right
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192 Review of exercise of visiting, telephone or correspondence right
The following provisions govern the review of a decision concerning a forensic patient's visiting, telephone or correspondence rights:
(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 review may be done whether or not the relevant rights have been exercised;
(d) on review, the Tribunal may –
(i) affirm the relevant decision; or
(ii) set aside the relevant decision;
(e) if the relevant decision is set aside, the Tribunal may –
(i) substitute its own decision for the one set aside; or
(ii) remit the matter to the decision-maker, with or without directions, for redetermination.