20Approved treatment facilities and approved treatment agencies

20 Approved treatment facilities and approved treatment agencies (1) The Minister may, by Gazette notice, declare: (a) a place or premises, or a part of a place or premises, to be an approved treatment facility; or (b) a place or premises, or a part of a place or premises, to be an approved temporary treatment facility where persons may be detained as involuntary patients for not longer than 72 hours; or (c) a body or organisation to be an approved treatment agency. (2) The Minister must not make a declaration under subsection (1)(a) or (b) unless he or she has received a report from the Chief Health Officer that the place or premises, or the part of the place or premises, has conditions and levels of staff sufficient to provide an appropriate standard of treatment and care of persons admitted as involuntary patients under this Act. (3) The Minister must not make a declaration under subsection (1)(c) unless he or she has received a report from the Chief Health Officer that the body or organisation has conditions and levels of staff sufficient to provide an appropriate standard of treatment and care (4) A declaration under subsection (1) remains in force for 3 years.