Mental Health Regulation 2025
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28 Interstate community treatment orders
28 Interstate community treatment orders
(1) For the Act, section 170, definition of interstate community treatment order, the following are declared to be an interstate community treatment order for the purposes of the Act, Chapter 8—
(a) a psychiatric treatment order made under the Mental Health Act 2015 of the Australian Capital Territory, section 58,
(b) a community category treatment authority made under the Mental Health Act 2016 of Queensland, Chapter 2, Part 4,
(c) a community temporary treatment order or community treatment order made under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 of Victoria, section 181 or 194.
(2) For the Act, section 182(2)(a), the following are taken to be a mental health facility of another State—
(a) an ACT approved mental health facility,
(b) a Queensland authorised mental health service,
(c) a designated mental health service within the meaning of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 of Victoria.