Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
385Witness summons
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385 Witness summons
(1) The principal registrar may issue a witness summons to a person to attend the Mental Health Tribunal—
(a) to give evidence; or
(b) to produce any document that is referred to in the witness summons; or
(c) to give evidence and produce any document that is referred to in the witness summons.
(2) A witness summons may be issued—
(a) on the Mental Health Tribunal's own motion; or
(b) at the request of a party to a proceeding before the Tribunal.
(3) If a witness summons requires a person to attend the Mental Health Tribunal to produce any document that is referred to in the witness summons, the person may provide that document to the principal registrar or the Tribunal without attending the Tribunal, in accordance with any directions in the witness summons.