Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
780Court assessment orders
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780 Court assessment orders
(1) Despite the repeal of section 41 of the Mental Health Act 2014, if an authorised psychiatrist varied a Community Court Assessment Order to an Inpatient Court Assessment Order under that section and the Court Assessment Order is in force immediately before that repeal, the variation is taken to be a change of assessment under a community court assessment order in accordance with section 170(1).
(2) Despite the repeal of section 41 of the Mental Health Act 2014, if an authorised psychiatrist varied an Inpatient Court Assessment Order to a Community Court Assessment Order under that section and the Court Assessment Order is in force immediately before that repeal, the variation is taken to be a change of assessment under an inpatient court assessment order in accordance with section 170(2).
S. 781 amended by No. 20/2023 s. 47.