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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1990 - SECT 16

Persons under guardianship

16 Persons under guardianship

(1) A person under guardianship within the meaning of the Guardianship Act 1987 must not be admitted to a hospital as an informal patient if, at or before the time at which the person seeks to be so admitted, the guardian of the person has notified the medical superintendent that he or she objects to the person's being so admitted.
(2) If the guardian of a person under guardianship within the meaning of the Guardianship Act 1987 who has been admitted to a hospital as an informal patient notifies the medical superintendent that he or she objects to the person's receiving care or treatment at the hospital, the medical superintendent must discharge the person.



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