Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 162

162 Preparation of victim impact statement

(1) A victim of the relevant unlawful act, or a close relative of the victim, may prepare, and give the prosecuting authority for the relevant unlawful act, a victim impact statement in relation to the relevant unlawful act, for the purpose of the prosecuting authority producing the statement to the Mental Health Court.

(2) The victim impact statement may include—

(a) the views of the victim or close relative about the risk the person the subject of the reference represents to the victim or close relative or another person; and

(b) a request by the victim or close relative that the Mental Health Court impose, in any forensic order or treatment support order made for the person the subject of the reference, a condition that the person must not contact—

(i) the victim or close relative; or

(ii) another individual, including, for example, another close relative of the victim.