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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
186Information to be given to temporary treatment patient
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186 Information to be given to temporary treatment patient
As soon as practicable after an authorised psychiatrist makes a temporary treatment order, the authorised psychiatrist must ensure that all reasonable steps are taken—
(a) to inform the temporary treatment patient that the patient is subject to a temporary treatment order and will receive treatment for the patient's mental illness; and
(b) to explain the purpose and effect of the order to the temporary treatment patient; and
(c) to give a copy of the order and a statement of rights to the temporary treatment patient.