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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
147Duration of assessment order
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147 Duration of assessment order
(1) A community assessment order expires 24 hours after it is made.
(2) An inpatient assessment order expires at the earlier of the following—
(a) 24 hours after the assessment patient is received at a designated mental health service;
(b) 72 hours after the order is made.
See Division 2, which provides for the variation of an assessment order. See also Division 4, which provides for the revocation or extension of an assessment order.