Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
152Other persons to be notified of making of assessment order
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152 Other persons to be notified of making of assessment order
As soon as practicable after an authorised psychiatrist has been notified of the making of an assessment order, the authorised psychiatrist must ensure that all reasonable steps are taken—
(a) to notify the following persons of the making of the order—
(iii) any carer of the assessment patient, if the authorised psychiatrist is satisfied that the making of the order will directly affect the care relationship between the carer and the patient;
(v) the DFFH Secretary, if that Secretary has parental responsibility for the assessment patient under a relevant child protection order; and
(b) to give a copy of the order and a statement of rights to the persons referred to in paragraph (a).
Division 2—Variation of assessment order