Mental Health Act 2013
210Apprehension of persons under supervision orders found interstate
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210 Apprehension of persons under supervision orders found interstate
(1) This section applies if, during the term of an interstate control agreement, a person in breach of a supervision order is found at large in the reciprocating State.
(2) [Section 210 Subsection (2) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 161, Applied:25 Sep 2023] The person may be apprehended and returned to Tasmania and placed back under the supervision of the Chief Psychiatrist by –
(a) an MHO, authorised person or police officer; or
(b) anyone who, under a law of the reciprocating State, is authorised to apprehend persons in breach of orders of that State that correspond to supervision orders.