43Notification of admission on grounds of mental disturbance

43 Notification of admission on grounds of mental disturbance (1) No later than one day after a person is detained at an approved treatment facility under section 42(1) or (2), a practitioner must notify the following: (c) a legal practitioner acting or prepared to act for the person; (d) subject to subsection (2) – the person's primary carer; (e) if the person is detained under section 42(2): (i) the principal community visitor; and (ii) the Tribunal.

Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 40 subsection (2), the practitioner must give to the Tribunal a written report of the decision and the reason for it in the approved form. (4) A notification under subsection (1) must state: (a) the person is detained at the approved treatment facility following the admission of the person as an involuntary patient on the grounds of mental disturbance; and (b) whether the person is detained under section 42(1) or (2); and (c) if the person is detained under section 42(2) – the person's right to apply to the Tribunal for a review of the decision to detain the person for the further period. (6) A practitioner must make a record of each of the following in (7) In this section: