Mental Health Act 2015
254Transfer of responsibility to provide treatment, care or
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254 Transfer of responsibility to provide treatment, care or support in the community for interstate patient (1) An application may be made to the chief psychiatrist to transfer the responsibility to provide treatment, care or support for an interstate patient, who is subject to an interstate involuntary treatment order that allows treatment in the community, to the chief psychiatrist. (2) The chief psychiatrist may agree to the transfer if the chief psychiatrist believes on reasonable grounds that the transfer of responsibility is— support of the interstate patient; and