Mental Health Act 2016
sec.144Conditions
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sec.144 Conditions
The Mental Health Court may, in a treatment support order for a person, impose the conditions it considers appropriate. Without limiting subsection (1) , the court may impose a condition that the person must not contact a stated person, including, for example, a victim of the relevant unlawful act. However, the court may not impose a condition requiring the person to take a particular medication or a particular dosage of a medication. (sec.144-ssec.1) The Mental Health Court may, in a treatment support order for a person, impose the conditions it considers appropriate. (sec.144-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the court may impose a condition that the person must not contact a stated person, including, for example, a victim of the relevant unlawful act. (sec.144-ssec.3) However, the court may not impose a condition requiring the person to take a particular medication or a particular dosage of a medication.