356Register of proceedings

356 Register of proceedings

(1) The Mental Health Tribunal must cause to be kept a register of proceedings containing details as required by the rules.

(2) Subject to this section, the Mental Health Tribunal must ensure that the register is available for inspection at any time that the registry is open for business.

(3) Without charge, a party to a proceeding of the Mental Health Tribunal may—

(a) inspect that part of the register that relates to the proceeding in which the party is or was involved; and

(b) obtain an extract of that part of the register.

(4) A person who is not a party to a proceeding of the Mental Health Tribunal, for a prescribed fee, may inspect a part of the register or obtain an extract of the register if—

(a) the President determines that the person has a proper purpose for inspecting or obtaining that part of the register; and

(b) subject to subsection (5), any aspect of the extract to be inspected or provided that may identify the person who is the subject of the extract is removed.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4)(b), an extract that identifies the person who is the subject of the extract may be inspected or provided if the President is satisfied that—

(a) the person has given written consent to the inspection or provision of the extract; or

(b) the proper purpose for inspecting the register involves—

(i) ethics approved research; or

(ii) the management and review of the business of the Mental Health Tribunal.

S. 356(6) inserted by No. 44/2025 s. 61.

(6) The Mental Health Tribunal may deny a person from inspecting a part of the register or obtaining an extract of the register if the person's access to that information has been denied under section 373.