Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
774Electroconvulsive treatment
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774 Electroconvulsive treatment
(1) Despite the repeal of the Mental Health Act 2014, if, immediately before that repeal, a person gives informed consent to a course of electroconvulsive treatment in accordance with Division 5 of Part 5 of that Act, that Part continues to apply to that person in relation to the course of electroconvulsive treatment to which the person gave informed consent.
(2) Despite the repeal of the Mental Health Act 2014, if, immediately before that repeal, the Tribunal authorises a course of electroconvulsive treatment for a person in accordance with Division 5 of Part 5 of that Act, that Part continues to apply to that person in relation to the course of electroconvulsive treatment authorised by the Tribunal.