112When does a course of electroconvulsive treatment begin and end?

112 When does a course of electroconvulsive treatment begin and end?

(1) The course of electroconvulsive treatment begins on the date the Mental Health Tribunal authorises the treatment.

(c) in the case of the treatment being authorised on the basis that the Mental Health Tribunal was satisfied of the matter referred to in section 110(a)(i), the young patient withdraws their consent to the course of electroconvulsive treatment;

(d) in the case of the treatment being authorised on the basis that the Mental Health Tribunal was satisfied of the matter referred to in section 110(a)(ii), the authorised psychiatrist—

(i) determines that the young patient has regained the capacity to give informed consent to the course of electroconvulsive treatment; or

(ii) is no longer satisfied that electroconvulsive therapy is the least restrictive treatment;

(e) the young patient reaches 18 years of age;

(f) the young patient is no longer a patient;

(g) a new order under this Part is made in respect of the young patient.

Division 5—Use of electroconvulsive treatment on young persons who are not patients