Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An agreement for assessment for a person's assessment at an authorised mental health service may be given by the administrator of the health service or, if the health service is a public sector mental health service, the director.
(2) However, the administrator of a high security unit must not give an agreement for assessment for either of the following persons without the director's approval—
(a) a young person;
Editor's note—
For reviews of the detention of a young patient in high security unit, see chapter 6 (Tribunal reviews and treatment applications), part 2 (Reviews by tribunal for young patients detained in high security units).
(b) a person charged only with a simple offence.
(3) The director must not give the approval unless the director is satisfied it is in the person's best interests to do so having regard to the following—
(a) the person's mental state and psychiatric history;
(b) the person's treatment and security requirements;
(c) any offence with which the person is charged or for which the person is serving a sentence of imprisonment or period of detention.