Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998
16Involuntary treatment in community
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16 Involuntary treatment in community The criteria for the involuntary treatment or care of a person in the community are: (a) the person has a mental illness; and (b) as a result of the mental illness: (i) the person requires treatment or care; and (ii) without the treatment or care, the person is likely to: (A) cause serious harm to himself or herself or to (B) suffer serious mental or physical deterioration; and (iii) the person is not capable of giving informed consent to the treatment or care or has unreasonably refused to consent to the treatment or care; and (c) the treatment or care is able to be provided by a community management plan that has been prepared and is capable of being implemented.