115Transfer and transport of patients

#### 115 Transfer and transport of patients 115 Transfer and transport of patients > > (1) The Secretary may, by order in writing, order the transfer of a forensic patient or correctional patient detained in a mental health facility to another mental health facility. > > > (2) The order is sufficient authority for the transfer. > > > (3) A person may be transferred to and detained in a mental health facility, correctional centre, detention centre or other place in accordance with an order under this Act. > > > (4) A forensic patient or correctional patient may be transported to or from a mental health facility, correctional centre, detention centre or other place if it is necessary or convenient to do so for the administration of this Act or the [Mental Health Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-008). > > > (5) The transport is to be subject to any security conditions that the Secretary considers necessary. > > > (6) A forensic patient, a correctional patient or a person the subject of a transfer order under section 86 who has not yet been transferred may be taken to or from a mental health facility by a person referred to in section 81(1) of the [Mental Health Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-008), a person employed by the Department of Communities and Justice or any other person prescribed by the regulations. > > > (7) Section 81 of that Act, and any regulations made under that section, apply to or in respect of the transport of the following persons in the same way as they apply to or in respect of the transport of a person under that Act— > > > > > (a) a forensic patient, > > > > > (b) a correctional patient, > > > > > (c) a person the subject of a transfer order under section 86 of this Act who has not yet been transferred to or from a mental health facility, correctional centre, detention centre or other place under this Act.