Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998
162Offences in relation to recommendations or certificates
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162 Offences in relation to recommendations or certificates (1) A person must not sign a recommendation for psychiatric examination or a document relating to the admission of a person to an approved treatment facility or the treatment of a person under this Act unless that person is permitted by this Act to sign it. (2) A person commits an offence if the person: (a) does anything with the intention that another person: (i) is admitted to an approved treatment facility; or (ii) is treated at an approved treatment facility or by an approved treatment agency; and (b) knows the other person does not have a mental illness, mental disturbance or complex cognitive impairment.
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