New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1990 - SECT 140

140 Apprehension by police

(1) A member of the Police Force to whose notice an order under section 139 is brought must, as soon as possible, apprehend the affected person and take, or assist in taking, the person to the health care agency or the hospital specified in the order.

(2) The member of the Police Force may, instead of complying with subsection (1), arrange for another member of the Police Force to do so.

(3) A person apprehended under this section must be taken to the health care agency or the specified hospital in such a way as to arrive there without undue delay.

(4) A member of the Police Force may:

(a) enter premises, if need be by using reasonable force, to apprehend a person under this section, and

(b) apprehend the person,

without a warrant.