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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2000 - SECT 203A

203A Tribunal may order examination etc.

(1) This section applies if the patient is a special notification forensic patient.

(2) If the patient is not subject to a forensic order (Mental Health Court—Disability), the tribunal may order the patient to submit to an examination by a stated psychiatrist (the examining person) who is not an authorised psychiatrist for the patient's treating health service.

(3) If the patient is subject to a forensic order (Mental Health Court—Disability), the tribunal may order the patient to submit to an examination by a stated person (the examining person) who—

(a) has expertise in the aetiology and behaviour of persons with an intellectual disability; and
(b) is not a health practitioner engaged in providing health services at the patient's treating health service.

(4) If the patient is subject to 2 or more forensic orders—

(a) the tribunal may make only 1 order under this section; and
(b) the order made must be an order the tribunal may make in relation to the most recent forensic order.

(5) The order must state the matters on which the examining person must report on to the tribunal.

(6) The examining person must give a written report on the examination to the tribunal.

(7) The tribunal must not revoke the forensic order for the patient unless the tribunal has obtained a report mentioned in subsection (6) in relation to the patient.



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