54Person with impaired decision-making ability to be

54 Person with impaired decision-making ability to be contacted by public advocate detention order has impaired decision-making ability.

(2) As soon as possible after the person is detained under the preventative detention order, the police officer detaining the person must tell the public advocate about the person’s detention. (3) The public advocate may have the contact with the person— (a) that is necessary to ensure the person understands the effect of the preventative detention order; and (b) that is necessary to find out anything about the welfare of the (4) The first contact under subsection (3) must be within 24 hours after each of the following: (a) the person is first detained under the preventative detention (b) the person is further detained under an extension, or further extension, of the preventative detention order. (5) Despite subsection (4), the first contact mentioned in that subsection— (a) if the preventative detention order is an interim order—must not take place if the order includes a statement to that effect in the order under section 21 (7); or (b) if the preventative detention order is not an interim order and the order includes statements under section 21 (6) about contact with the person under this section—must take place in accordance with the order. (6) A single contact may satisfy more than 1 requirement for a contact under subsection (4).