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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
198Information to be given to treatment patient
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198 Information to be given to treatment patient
As soon as practicable after a treatment order is made, an authorised psychiatrist for the responsible designated mental health service must ensure that all reasonable steps are taken—
(a) to inform the treatment patient that the patient is subject to a 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 treatment patient; and
(c) to give a copy of the order and a statement of rights to the treatment patient.