26Form and content of assessment order

26 Form and content of assessment order

(1)  To be valid, an assessment order must –

(a) [Section 26 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 58, Applied:25 Sep 2023] be in an approved form; and

(b) be correctly completed.

(2)  An assessment order is taken to be correctly completed if it –

(a) [Section 26 Subsection (2) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 13, Applied:01 Jul 2017] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(b) identifies the patient; and

(c) specifies when the examination referred to in section 24(1)(c) was done; and

(d) [Section 26 Subsection (2) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 13, Applied:01 Jul 2017] affirms that the patient needs to be assessed against the assessment criteria; and

(e) [Section 26 Subsection (2) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 13, Applied:01 Jul 2017] specifies an assessment setting; and

(ea) [Section 26 Subsection (2) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 13, Applied:01 Jul 2017] specifies if the order authorises the patient's admission to and detention in an approved hospital; and

(f) specifies (by date and time) when it was made; and

(g) specifies or provides for any matter required by the regulations; and

(h) identifies, and is signed by, the medical practitioner who makes it.

(3)  [Section 26 Subsection (3) omitted by No. 59 of 2016, s. 13, Applied:01 Jul 2017] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(4)  An assessment order may, without compromising its validity, specify or provide for any matters, incidental to the assessment of the person in respect of whom the order is made, that the medical practitioner making it considers necessary or desirable in the circumstances.