Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
129Ending a restrictive intervention
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129 Ending a restrictive intervention
(1) The authority to use a restrictive intervention under this Part ends if a person who may authorise the use of a restrictive intervention under this Part is satisfied that the use of the restrictive intervention is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was authorised.
(2) If a person referred to in subsection (1) is satisfied that the use of the restrictive intervention is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was authorised, the person must immediately take steps to release the person from the restrictive intervention.
Division 2—Use of restrictive interventions in a designated mental health service