78Custody of admitted person

### 78 Custody of admitted person > [*\[Section 78 Substituted by No. 72 of 2005, s. 133, Applied:20 Feb 2006\]*](/view/html/inforce/2006-02-20/act-2005-072#GS133@EN) > > > (1)  In this section – > > > > > ***specified*** means specified in an order under this Part that commits a person to, or otherwise requires the detention of a person in, an approved hospital or a secure mental health unit. > > > (2)  If a court makes an order under this Part that commits a person to, or otherwise requires the detention of a person in, an approved hospital, the court may specify that a specified person, or a person of a specified class of person, is to be responsible for taking that person – > > > > > > (a) to the specified approved hospital; and > > > > > > > (b) from the specified approved hospital to the court in connection with the exercise by the court of its powers under this Part. > > > (3)  If a court makes an order under this Part that commits a person to, or otherwise requires the detention of a person in, a secure mental health unit – > > > > > > (a) it is to specify in the order that the specified person, or a person of a specified class of person, is to be responsible for taking the defendant to the specified secure mental health unit; and > > > > > > > (b) it may specify in the order that that specified person or another specified person, or a person of that specified class or another specified class of person, is to be responsible for bringing the defendant from the specified secure mental health unit before the court in connection with the exercise by the court of its powers under this Act. > > > (4)  [*\[Section 78 Subsection (4) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 180, Applied:25 Sep 2023\]*](/view/html/inforce/2023-09-25/act-2023-004#GS180@EN) [*\[Section 78 Subsection (4) amended by No. 69 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Feb 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-02-17/act-2013-069#JS1@Ja22@GC5@Hpa@EN) A copy of the order and the advice or report, as the case requires, of the psychiatrist or Chief Psychiatrist are to accompany the offender to the specified approved hospital or specified secure mental health unit. > > > (5)  While an offender is the responsibility of a person as specified in an order referred to in [subsection (2)](#GS78@Gs2@EN) , that person has the custody of the offender. > > > (6)  While an offender is the responsibility of a person as specified in an order referred to in [subsection (3)](#GS78@Gs3@EN)  – > > > > > > (a) that person has the custody of the offender; and > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 78 Subsection (6) amended by No. 69 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Feb 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-02-17/act-2013-069#JS1@Ja22@GC5@Hpb@EN) the offender is taken to be a forensic patient for the purposes of the application of relevant provisions of Parts 4 and 5 of Chapter 2 of the [Mental Health Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-002) .