45Interim community management order

45 Interim community management order (1) An authorised psychiatric practitioner may make an interim community management order in respect of a person where the authorised psychiatric practitioner is satisfied that the person fulfils the criteria for involuntary treatment or care in the community. (2) An authorised psychiatric practitioner must not make an interim community management order unless: (a) the person-in-charge of an approved treatment agency agrees that the treatment proposed for the person is appropriate and able to be implemented by the agency; and

Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 47 (b) where the person is a prisoner, the Commissioner of Correctional Services agrees that the treatment proposed for the person is able to be implemented in the custodial correctional facility where the person is in custody. (3) Subject to this Part, an interim community management order remains in force for 14 days. (4) Treatment must not be administered under an interim community management order except for the following purposes: herself or to someone else; harm to the person or to someone else; (5) Treatment must not be administered under an interim community management order unless it is authorised by an authorised