Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2000 - SECT 219

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

(2) The patient may be detained in the treating health service until the patient is taken to appear before the court.

(3) The administrator's custody of the patient ends when the patient appears before the court.

(4) When the administrator's custody of the patient ends—

(a) the patient ceases to be a forensic patient; and

(b) the forensic order for the patient ends to the extent that the order relates to the relevant offence.