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Mental Health Act 2016
sec.821Emergency electroconvulsive therapy
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sec.821 Emergency electroconvulsive therapy
This section applies if, immediately before the commencement, a certificate under the repealed Act, section 140 for emergency electroconvulsive therapy was in force. The certificate is taken to have been given under the new Act, section 237(3). (sec.821-ssec.1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement, a certificate under the repealed Act, section 140 for emergency electroconvulsive therapy was in force. (sec.821-ssec.2) The certificate is taken to have been given under the new Act, section 237(3).