Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement day, a person was detained, or liable to be detained, in a hospital, under a justices order under section 29A(2) or 29C of the repealed Act.
(2) The person is taken to be a classified patient for whom a court assessment order has been made and may be detained in an authorised mental health service until the patient ceases to be a classified patient.
(3) Sections 70 to 72 do not apply to the patient.
(4) The justices order is taken to be an involuntary treatment order for the patient that—
(a) was made on the commencement day; and
(b) has effect as if it were made by a doctor who is not a psychiatrist.