32Request for assessment

32 Request for assessment (1) A person may request that he or she be assessed to determine whether he or she is in need of treatment under this Act. (2) A person with a genuine interest in or with a real and immediate concern for the health or welfare of another person may request that that person be assessed to determine whether the person is in (3) A request under this section may be made to a medical practitioner, an authorised psychiatric practitioner or a designated mental health practitioner. (4) Subject to subsection (5), the medical practitioner, an authorised psychiatric practitioner or designated mental health practitioner must assess the person and determine whether the person is in (5) The medical practitioner, an authorised psychiatric practitioner or designated mental health practitioner may decline to assess a person if the practitioner is otherwise satisfied the person is not in