Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 508

508 Notice of hearing

(1) The tribunal must give the following persons written notice of the hearing of the application—

(a) the person the subject of the application;

(b) the applicant;

(c) the administrator of the authorised mental health service identified in the application as the service in which the electroconvulsive therapy is to be performed.

(2) The notice must be given—

(a) if a certificate under section 237 (3) is in force for the person—

(i) at least 3 days before the hearing; or

(ii) if the person, or an interested person for the person, agrees to a shorter period before the hearing—at least the agreed period before the hearing; or

(b) otherwise—

(i) at least 7 days before the hearing; or

(ii) if the person, or an interested person for the person, agrees to a shorter period before the hearing—at least the agreed period before the hearing.