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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2000 - SECT 28

28 Making of order

(1) A magistrate or justice of the peace may make a justices examination order relating to a person only if the magistrate or justice reasonably believes—

(a) the person has a mental illness; and
(b) the person should be examined by a doctor or authorised mental health practitioner to decide whether a recommendation for assessment for the person be made; and
(c) the examination can not be properly carried out unless the order is made.

(2) The order must be in the approved form.



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