Mental Health Act 2016
sec.630Detention of person in public sector health service facility with use of reasonable force
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sec.630 Detention of person in public sector health service facility with use of reasonable force
This section applies if, under a provision of this Act, a person is required or permitted to be detained in a public sector health service facility. The person in charge of the public sector health service facility, and anyone lawfully helping the person in charge, may exercise the power to detain the person in the public sector health service facility with the help, and using the force, that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances. s 630 amd 2017 No. 3 s 44 (sec.630-ssec.1) This section applies if, under a provision of this Act, a person is required or permitted to be detained in a public sector health service facility. (sec.630-ssec.2) The person in charge of the public sector health service facility, and anyone lawfully helping the person in charge, may exercise the power to detain the person in the public sector health service facility with the help, and using the force, that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances.