Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The functions of an assisting psychiatrist are to—
(a) examine material received for a hearing to identify matters requiring further examination and to make recommendations to the Mental Health Court about the matters; and
(b) make recommendations about the making of court examination orders; and
(c) assist the court by advising it—
(i) on the meaning and significance of clinical evidence; and
(ii) about clinical issues relating to the treatment, care and detention needs of persons under this Act; and
(iii) about clinical issues relating to the care and detention needs of persons under the Forensic Disability Act.
(2) However, an assisting psychiatrist's functions are limited to matters within the psychiatrist's professional expertise.