19Orders Judge may make

19 Orders Judge may make

19 Orders Judge may make

A Judge of the Local Court may make one or more of the following orders—

(a) an order that the defendant be taken to, and detained in, a mental health facility for assessment,

(b) an order that the defendant be taken to, and detained in, a mental health facility for assessment and that, if the defendant is found on assessment at the mental health facility not to be a mentally ill person or mentally disordered person, the defendant be brought back before a Judge of the Local Court as soon as practicable unless granted bail by a police officer at that facility,

(c) an order for the discharge of the defendant, unconditionally or subject to conditions, into the care of a responsible person.

s 19: Am 2025 No 61, Schs 2.64[2]–[4], 3.11[3].