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Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020
119Retaking of escapees
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#### 119 Retaking of escapees
119 Retaking of escapees
> > (1) A forensic patient or correctional patient who escapes from a mental health facility or other place may be apprehended at any time by any of the following persons—
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> > > (a) the medical superintendent of the mental health facility or any other suitably qualified person employed in the mental health facility who is authorised to do so by the medical superintendent,
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> > > (b) a police officer,
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> > > (c) a person authorised by the Secretary or the medical superintendent,
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> > > (d) a person assisting a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
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> > (2) On being apprehended, the patient is to be conveyed to and detained in the mental health facility or other place from which the patient escaped.
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> > (3) This section does not affect any power of any other person to apprehend a person under the [Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-093).