25Assessment criteria

25 Assessment criteria

The assessment criteria are  –

(a) the person has, or appears to have, a mental illness that requires or is likely to require treatment for –

(i) the person's health or safety; or

(ii) the safety of other persons; and

(b) the person cannot be properly assessed with regard to the mental illness or the making of a treatment order except under the authority of the assessment order; and

(c) the person does not have decision-making capacity.