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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
263Powers of the Chief Officer
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263 Powers of the Chief Officer
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Chief Officer has all the powers necessary to perform the functions of the Chief Officer.
(2) To the extent that the Chief Officer exercises a power in the performance of a function that is inconsistent with a power exercised by the Health Secretary in the performance of a function of the Health Secretary, the Health Secretary's exercise of the power prevails.