21Records, &c.

21 Records, &c.

(1)  [Section 21 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 55, Applied:25 Sep 2023] [Section 21 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 55, Applied:25 Sep 2023] An MHO or police officer who temporarily detains a person for the purpose of assessment is to make an appropriate record of the matter in an approved form.

(2)  [Section 21 Subsection (2) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 55, Applied:25 Sep 2023] An MHO or police officer, on transferring the a person who has been temporarily detained to another such officer, is to hand the record made under subsection (1) (or a copy thereof) to the other officer.

(3)  [Section 21 Subsection (3) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 55, Applied:25 Sep 2023] An MHO or police officer who releases a person from being temporarily detained is to –

(a) [Section 21 Subsection (3) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 55, Applied:25 Sep 2023] make an appropriate record of the matter in an approved form; and

(b) give the person a copy of the record, together with the record made under subsection (1) (or a copy thereof); and

(c) [Section 21 Subsection (3) amended by No. 69 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Feb 2014] [Section 21 Subsection (3) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 55, Applied:25 Sep 2023] give the Chief Psychiatrist a copy of the record, together with the record made under subsection (1) , as soon as practicable.

(4)  [Section 21 Subsection (4) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 55, Applied:25 Sep 2023] A medical practitioner who examines a person who has been temporarily detained for assessment is to –