Mental Health Act 2016
sec.853Records made under repealed Act
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sec.853 Records made under repealed Act
A record about a person that the administrator of an authorised mental health service was required to keep under the repealed Act immediately before the commencement must be kept with the patient’s health records mentioned in the new Act, section 336. Subsection (1) applies subject to a direction made by the chief psychiatrist. (sec.853-ssec.1) A record about a person that the administrator of an authorised mental health service was required to keep under the repealed Act immediately before the commencement must be kept with the patient’s health records mentioned in the new Act, section 336. (sec.853-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies subject to a direction made by the chief psychiatrist.