Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 167

167 Person subject to existing treatment authority

(1) This section applies if the Mental Health Court makes a forensic order (mental health) for a person who is subject to a treatment authority.

(2) On the making of the forensic order (mental health), the treatment authority ends.

(3) Nothing in this section prevents the court making a forensic order (disability) for a person who is subject to a treatment authority.

(4) If a treatment authority for a person is inconsistent with a forensic order (disability) for the person, the forensic order (disability) prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.