Mental Health Act 2015
255Transfer of person apprehended in another State to
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255 Transfer of person apprehended in another State to approved mental health facility (1) A person apprehended in another State under a corresponding law may be taken to an approved mental health facility in the ACT by an authorised officer or interstate authorised person if the authorised officer or person believes on reasonable grounds that being taken to an approved mental health facility in the ACT is— support of the person; and (2) Chapter 6 (Emergency detention) applies in relation to a person who is apprehended under this section, as if the person had been apprehended under section 80 (Apprehension).
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