Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
566Orders that Magistrates' Court may make in respect of interstate security patients
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566 Orders that Magistrates' Court may make in respect of interstate security patients
(1) If a person arrested under a warrant issued under section 565 is brought before the Magistrates' Court, the court must make—
(a) an order granting the person bail; or
(b) an order remanding the person in custody in a prison or other place of confinement—
unless the court is satisfied that the matters specified in section 565(1)(a) to (d) are not made out.
(2) If the court is satisfied that any one of the matters specified in section 565(1)(a) to (c) is not made out, the court must discharge the person.
(3) If the court is satisfied that the matters specified in section 565(1)(a) to (c) are made out, but that the person can be returned to the relevant State, the court must order the person to be released into the custody of a person who is authorised to escort the person to the relevant State.