sec.668Making of court examination order

sec.668 Making of court examination order

The Mental Health Court may make an order (a court examination order ) requiring the person the subject of a proceeding before the court to submit to an examination by a stated examining practitioner. A court examination order is a type of judicial order. A judicial order does not authorise the provision of involuntary treatment and care to the person. The court examination order must— be in the approved form; and state the matters on which the examining practitioner must report to the court. The examining practitioner must give a written report on the examination to the court. (sec.668-ssec.1) The Mental Health Court may make an order (a court examination order ) requiring the person the subject of a proceeding before the court to submit to an examination by a stated examining practitioner. A court examination order is a type of judicial order. A judicial order does not authorise the provision of involuntary treatment and care to the person. (sec.668-ssec.2) The court examination order must— be in the approved form; and state the matters on which the examining practitioner must report to the court. (sec.668-ssec.3) The examining practitioner must give a written report on the examination to the court.

• (a) be in the approved form; and
• (b) state the matters on which the examining practitioner must report to the court.