Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 379

379 Electronic application

(1) An application under section 377 may be made by phone, fax, email, radio, videoconferencing or another form of electronic communication if the authorised person reasonably considers it necessary because of—

(a) urgent circumstances; or

(b) other special circumstances, including, for example, the authorised person’s remote location.

(2) The application—

(a) may not be made before the authorised person prepares the written application under section 377 (3) ; but

(b) may be made before the written application is sworn.