Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1996 - SECT 189

189 .         Requesting visit by official visitor or panel

        (1)         An affected person, or any person on behalf of an affected person, may —

            (a)         request the person who is in charge of a place where the affected person is detained, cared for, or treated under this Act to arrange for the affected person to be visited by an official visitor or panel; or

            (b)         contact the executive officer directly to request that the affected person be visited by an official visitor or panel.

        (2)         A person to whom a request is made under subsection (1)(a) is to notify the executive officer of the request as soon as is practicable.