Mental Health Act 2015
140Review of correctional patient awaiting transfer to mental
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 140
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Mental Health Act 2015.
140 Review of correctional patient awaiting transfer to mental (1) This section applies to a correctional patient who has not been transferred to an approved mental health facility under a transfer direction. (2) The ACAT must review the transfer direction— (a) at the end of 1 month after the direction is made; and (b) at the end of each subsequent month until the person is transferred to an approved mental health facility or the transfer direction is revoked. (3) For each review, the chief psychiatrist must give the ACAT a report about— (a) the person’s condition; and (b) the reasons for the delay in transferring the person to an approved mental health facility; and (c) the availability of an approved mental health facility with capacity to accept the transfer and provide the treatment, care or (4) On review, the ACAT may, as it considers appropriate, make an order in relation to the detention or treatment, care or support of the person in an approved mental health facility.