Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 607

607 Stay of operation of decision

(1) The making of an application for internal review of a decision does not affect the operation of the decision or prevent it being implemented.

(2) However, the applicant may apply to the court for a stay of the decision.

(3) The court may stay the decision to secure the effectiveness of the internal review and a later appeal to the court.

(4) The stay—

(a) may be given on conditions the court considers appropriate; and

(b) operates for the period decided by the court.

(5) The period of the stay must not extend past the day when the chief executive decides the application for internal review and any later period the court allows the applicant to enable the applicant to appeal against the internal review decision.