159Person to be told about electroconvulsive therapy order

159 Person to be told about electroconvulsive therapy order (1) This section applies if electroconvulsive therapy is to be administered to a person at a mental health facility under an electroconvulsive therapy order. (2) The person in charge of the facility must ensure that the person is told about the order, and the procedures authorised under the order, before the therapy is administered and in a language and way of communicating that the person is most likely to understand. (3) This section applies even if the person was present when the order was made. Division 9.2.3 Emergency electroconvulsive therapy