This legislation has been repealed.
For the purposes of this Act, the fact that a person is suffering from mental illness or a developmental disability of mind or is suffering from a mental condition that is neither a mental illness nor a developmental disability of mind is presumed not to be an impediment to the representation of the person by an Australian legal practitioner before the Tribunal, at an inquiry before a Magistrate under this Act, or before the Court or the Psychosurgery Review Board.