Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 541

541 How to start appeal

(1) The appeal is started by filing a notice of appeal in the registry.

(2) The notice of appeal must be filed—

(a) if the chief psychiatrist is the appellant—within 60 days after the decision is made; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—within 60 days after the appellant receives written notice of the decision.

(3) The Mental Health Court may, at any time, extend the time for filing the notice of appeal.

(4) The notice of appeal must—

(a) be in the approved form; and

(b) state fully the grounds of the appeal and the facts relied on.