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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
142Compulsory assessment criteria
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142 Compulsory assessment criteria
The compulsory assessment criteria for a person to be made subject to an assessment order are that—
(a) the person appears to have mental illness; and
(b) because the person appears to have mental illness, the person appears to need immediate treatment to prevent—
(ii) serious harm to the person or to another person; and
(c) if the person is made subject to an assessment order, the person can be assessed; and
(d) there are no less restrictive means reasonably available to enable the person to be assessed.