40Treatment criteria

40 Treatment criteria

The treatment criteria in relation to a person are –

(a) the person has a mental illness; and

(b) without treatment, the mental illness will, or is likely to, seriously harm –

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

(ii) the safety of other persons; and

(c) the treatment will be appropriate and effective in terms of the outcomes referred to in section 6(1) ; and

(d) the treatment cannot be adequately given except under a treatment order; and

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