Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) This section
applies to the constitution of the Board when it is dealing with any matter
other than a matter relating to psychosurgery under Division 4 of Part 5.
(2) For the purpose of
dealing with any particular matter, the Board is to be constituted by 3
members of the Board specified for that matter by the President.
(3) The President may
delegate to the Registrar his or her powers under subsection (2).
(4) The 3 members
specified may include the President.
(5) The 3 members
specified are to include —
(a) a
person who is lawyer; and
(b) a
person who is a psychiatrist or, if subsection (6) allows it, a medical
practitioner who is not a psychiatrist; and
(c) a
person who is neither a lawyer nor a medical practitioner.
(6) If a member who is
a psychiatrist is not readily available but another member who is a medical
practitioner is available, that other member may be included instead of the
psychiatrist if the proceedings do not involve anything that requires a
clinical judgment to be made about a patient’s treatment.
[Section 129 amended by No. 21 of 2008
s. 680(4).]