Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
authorised hospital means —
(a) a
public hospital, or part of a public hospital, that is for the time being
authorised under section 21; and
(b) a
private hospital whose licence is endorsed under section 26DA of the
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 ;
authorised medical practitioner means a person
designated under section 18 as an authorised medical practitioner;
authorised mental health practitioner means a
person designated under section 20 as an authorised mental health
practitioner;
Board means the Mental Health Review Board;
CEO has the meaning given by section 3 of the
Health Legislation Administration Act 1984 ;
Chief Psychiatrist has the meaning given by
section 8;
community , in relation to a person who is
confined within a restricted community, is a reference to that restricted
community;
community treatment order means an order of the
kind provided for by Division 3 of Part 3;
Council of Official Visitors means the Council of
Official Visitors established under section 176;
department means the department of the Public
Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;
document includes any means of storing or
recording information;
hospital means a public hospital or private
hospital;
inspect , in relation to a document, includes to
have the use of any process reasonably required for the purpose of viewing,
hearing, or otherwise obtaining the information in the document;
involuntary patient means a person who is for the
time being the subject of —
(a) an
order under section 43(2)(a), 49(3)(a), 50 or 70(1) for detention of the
person in an authorised hospital as an involuntary patient; or
(b) a
community treatment order;
lawyer means an Australian lawyer within the
meaning of that term in the Legal Profession Act 2008 section 3;
legal practitioner means an Australian legal
practitioner within the meaning of that term in the
Legal Profession Act 2008 section 3;
medical practitioner means a person registered
under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in
the medical profession;
mental health practitioner has the meaning given
by section 19;
Mental Health Review Board means the board
established by section 125;
mental illness has the meaning given by
section 4;
mentally impaired accused has the same meaning as
in Part 5 of the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996
;
Mentally Impaired Accused Review Board means the
Board established under Part 6 of the
Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996 ;
official visitor means a member of the Council of
Official Visitors;
patient means a person receiving psychiatric
treatment;
President means president of the Mental Health
Review Board;
prison has the same meaning as in the Prisons
Act 1981 ;
private hospital means premises at which a person
is licensed under the Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 to conduct a
private hospital;
psychiatric treatment means treatment for mental
illness;
psychiatrist means a person whose name is
contained in the register of specialist psychiatrists kept by the Medical
Board of Australia under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
(Western Australia) section 223;
psychologist means a person registered under the
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the
psychology profession;
public hospital means premises that are a public
hospital as defined in the Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 ;
Registrar means the Registrar of the Board
appointed in accordance with section 22;
relative means spouse, de facto partner, parent,
grandparent, child, sibling, uncle, or aunt, whether by the whole or
half-blood or marriage or a relationship established by written law;
senior mental health practitioner means a mental
health practitioner with at least 5 years experience in the treatment of
persons who have mental illnesses;
superintendent has, in relation to a prison, the
same meaning as in the Prisons Act 1981 ;
supervising psychiatrist means the psychiatrist
responsible for supervising the carrying out of a community treatment order;
treating practitioner means the medical
practitioner or mental health practitioner responsible for ensuring that the
treatment plan specified in a community treatment order is carried out;
treating psychiatrist , in relation to a patient,
means the psychiatrist for the time being in charge of the treatment of the
patient;
treatment in the community means treatment other
than as an in-patient of a hospital.
[Section 3 amended by No. 28 of 2003
s. 136; No. 65 of 2003 s. 51(2); No. 84 of 2004 s. 82; No.
28 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 8; No. 28 of 2006 s. 274; No. 21 of
2008 s. 680(2); No. 22 of 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 34(2);
No. 35 of 2010 s. 110.]