Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 420

420 Administrator to provide report

(1) For a periodic review of a treatment authority under section 413 (1) (c) , if the person subject to the authority does not have a personal guardian—

(a) the administrator of the person’s treating health service must give the tribunal a report about whether the appointment of a personal guardian for the person may result in there being a less restrictive way for the person to receive treatment and care for the person’s mental illness; and

(b) the tribunal must consider whether the appointment of a personal guardian for the person may result in there being a less restrictive way for the person to receive treatment and care for the person’s mental illness.

(2) In this section—

"health matter" see the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 , schedule 2 , section 4 .

"personal guardian" , of a person, means a guardian for a health matter appointed by QCAT for the person under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 .