Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1996 - SECT 89

89 .         Persons apprehended under s. 195, powers as to

        (1)         A police officer who apprehends a person under section 195 may, instead of dealing with the person under that section, take action under subsection (2) if he or she considers that it would be —

            (a)         in accordance with an agreement; and

            (b)         appropriate in the circumstances,

                to do so.

        (2)         The police officer may take the person to be dealt with, in accordance with the agreement, under the laws of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth relating to mental disorder.