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Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020
88Requests for transfer to correctional centre or detention centre
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#### 88 Requests for transfer to correctional centre or detention centre
88 Requests for transfer to correctional centre or detention centre
> > (1) A correctional patient or forensic patient who is detained in a mental health facility may, at any time, request the Tribunal to make an order that the patient be transferred to a correctional centre or detention centre.
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> > (2) The Tribunal, after considering the request, may make the order requested by the patient or may refuse to make that order.
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> > (3) The Tribunal must make the order if it is satisfied that the person is not a mentally ill person.