159Amendment of documents

159 Amendment of documents (1) A person who signs a document relating to the admission of a person to an approved treatment facility as an involuntary patient may, not later than 21 days after the person is admitted, amend the document if it is found to be incorrect or defective in any respect. (2) Where the CEO considers that a document relating to the admission of a person to an approved treatment facility as an involuntary patient is: (a) incorrect or defective in any respect; and (b) the document is not amended by the person who signed it to the satisfaction of the CEO within 21 days after a direction in writing by the CEO requiring the amendment; the CEO may: (c) order the discharge of the person as an involuntary patient; or

Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 130 (d) do any thing that is necessary to obtain a document in substitution for the incorrect or defective document. (3) A document obtained in substitution for an incorrect or defective document has effect as if it was signed on the date on which the incorrect or defective document was signed. (4) The Tribunal or Supreme Court may amend a document relating to the admission of a person to an approved treatment facility as an involuntary patient where, in proceedings before the Tribunal or Supreme Court, it appears that the document is incorrect or defective in any respect. (5) A document amended by the Tribunal or Supreme Court is as valid and effective as if it had been made in its amended form on the date it was signed.