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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 47
Explaining decision not to make treatment authority
(1) This section applies if, on making an assessment of a person subject to a
recommendation for assessment, an authorised doctor decides— (a) the
treatment criteria do not apply to the person; or
(b) there is a
less restrictive way for the person to receive treatment and care for the
person’s mental illness.
(2) The authorised doctor must— (a) tell the
person of the decision; and
(b) explain its effect to the person; and
(c)
make a note on the recommendation for assessment of the decision not to make a
treatment authority for the person.
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