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MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES REGULATIONS 2009

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These Regulations set the short title and list which interstate and territory mental‑health Acts count as “corresponding laws” for section 151 of the Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998. That mapping affects courts, tribunals, clinicians and administrators who rely on the Act’s definition when applying, recognising or comparing mental‑health law across jurisdictions.

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MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES REGULATIONS 2009

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES REGULATIONS 2009 As in force at 10 February 2026 Table of provisions 1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1 2 Corresponding laws ......................................................................... 1 ENDNOTES

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 10 February 2026

MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES REGULATIONS 2009 Regulations under the Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 1 Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health and Related Services Regulations 2009. 2 Corresponding laws For section 151 of the Act, definition corresponding law, each of the following is a corresponding law: (a) Mental Health Act 2015 (ACT); (b) Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW); (c) Mental Health Act 2016 (Qld); (d) Mental Health Act 2009 (SA); (e) Mental Health Act 2013 (Tas); (f) Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic); (g) Mental Health Act 2014 (WA).

ENDNOTES Mental Health and Related Services Regulations 2009 2 ENDNOTES 1 KEY Key to abbreviations amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced 2 LIST OF LEGISLATION Mental Health and Related Services Regulations (SL No. 4, 2009) Notified 4 March 2009 Commenced 4 March 2009 Statute Law Revision and Repeals Act 2026 (Act No. ,3 2026) Assent date 9 February 2026 Commenced 10 February 2026 (s 2) 3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: r 1. 4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS r 2 sub Act No. 3, 2026, s 49

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1 MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES REGULATIONS 2009

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 10 February 2026