Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A community
treatment order does not have effect unless, within 72 hours after it is
made, it is confirmed by —
(a)
another psychiatrist; or
(b) if
another psychiatrist is not readily available, another medical practitioner
who has been authorised for the purposes of this section.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply where —
(a) the
order was made under section 43; or
(b) the
person is already detained in an authorised hospital as an involuntary
patient.
(3) The Chief
Psychiatrist may, by order published in the Gazette —
(a)
authorise a medical practitioner for the purposes of this section if the
medical practitioner has, in the opinion of the Chief Psychiatrist, suitable
experience to decide whether a person should be the subject of a community
treatment order;
(b)
revoke any such authorisation.