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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2009 - SECT 79

79—Reviews

        (1)         The Board must conduct the following reviews:

            (a)         a review of the circumstances involved in the making and revocation of a level 1 community treatment order if the order was not reviewed by the Board before its revocation (which review must be conducted as soon as practicable after the revocation of the order);

            (b)         a review of a level 2 community treatment order that has been made in respect of a child and continues to apply to the person 3 months after the making of the order (which review must be conducted as soon as practicable after the end of the period of 3 months);

            (c)         a review of the circumstances involved in the making of a level 1 detention and treatment order if the order has been made within 7 days after the expiry or revocation of a previous detention and treatment order applying to the same person (which review must be conducted as soon as practicable after the making of the level 1 detention and treatment order);

            (d)         a review of a level 3 detention and treatment order that has been made in respect of a child and continues to apply to the person 3 months after the making of the order (which review must be conducted as soon as practicable after the end of the period of 3 months);

            (e)         any review that is required under the regulations.

        (2)         The Board may conduct any other review that it considers appropriate relating to a community treatment order or detention and treatment order or treatment administered to a person to whom an order applies under this Act.

        (3)         The Board may conduct a review under this section in any manner that it considers appropriate.

        (4)         If a review under this section relates to a patient to whom a treatment and care plan applies, the Chief Psychiatrist must cause a copy of the plan to be submitted to the Board at or before the commencement of the Board's proceedings on the review.



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