New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1990 - SECT 22

22 Assistance by police

(1) A medical practitioner or an accredited person who gives a certificate under section 21 in relation to a person, and who is of the opinion that there are serious concerns relating to the safety of the person or other persons if the person is taken to a hospital (other than an authorised hospital) without the assistance of a member of the Police Force, may endorse the certificate in the form set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2.

(2) A member of the Police Force to whose notice any such endorsement is brought must, as soon as practicable:

(a) apprehend and take or assist in taking the person in respect of whom the certificate is given to a hospital (other than an authorised hospital), or

(b) cause or make arrangements for some other member of the Police Force to apprehend or take or assist in taking the person to a hospital (other than an authorised hospital).

(3) A member of the Police Force may enter premises, if need be by force, for the purpose of apprehending any such person, and may apprehend any such person, without a warrant.