Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998
99Withholding of certain correspondence
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99 Withholding of certain correspondence (1) Section 98 does not apply to a letter or other postal article: (a) addressed to a person at an approved treatment facility from a person referred to in subsection (2); or (b) addressed to a person referred to in subsection (2) from a person at an approved treatment facility. (2) The persons referred to are the following: (a) the Minister; (b) the CEO; (c) a member of Parliament; (d) the principal community visitor or a community visitor; (e) the person-in-charge of the approved treatment facility; (f) an authorised psychiatric practitioner; (g) the Registrar of the Tribunal; (h) a representative of the person; (ha) the person's adult guardian; (hb) if the person has a decision maker – the decision maker;
Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 95 (hc) a health care decision maker for the person; (j) the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner; (k) the Commissioner for Health and Community Services Complaints.