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Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020
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Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020
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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.
(2) The Tribunal, after considering the request, may make the order requested by the patient or may refuse to make that order.
(3) The Tribunal must make the order if it is satisfied that the person is not a mentally ill person.