76What is a treatment order?

### 76 What is a treatment order? > [*\[Section 76 Substituted by No. 22 of 1999, s. 10, Applied:01 Nov 1999\]*](/view/html/inforce/1999-11-01/act-1999-022#GS10@EN) [*\[Section 76 Substituted by No. 72 of 2005, s. 133, Applied:20 Feb 2006\]*](/view/html/inforce/2006-02-20/act-2005-072#GS133@EN) [*\[Section 76 Substituted by No. 69 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Feb 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-02-17/act-2013-069#JS1@Ja22@GC4@EN) > > > (1)  A treatment order is an order for the detention of the person in respect of whom it is made as an involuntary patient in the approved hospital specified in the order for the term not exceeding 6 months specified in the order. > > > (2)  Once made, a treatment order is taken to be a treatment order made under the [Mental Health Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-002) .