Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992

43 Notice of events concerning patient

• (1) The Director of Area Mental Health Services must ensure that the person in charge of a hospital sends a notice to the Director of any of the events described in subsection (2) that concerns a special or restricted patient admitted to the hospital.

  (2) The events are—

  • (a) discharge from the hospital:

  • (b) transfer from the hospital:

  • (c) absence on leave from the hospital:

  • (d) cancellation of leave from the hospital:

  • (e) return from leave:

  • (f) escape from the hospital:

  • (g) retaking after an escape.

  (3) The person in charge of the hospital must send the information within 14 days after the event occurs.

  Section 43: substituted, on 1 April 2000, by section 31 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 140).