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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 622

Offences relating to patients absconding

622 Offences relating to patients absconding

(1) This section applies if a person is—
(a) transporting a person (the
"patient" ) under this Act—
(i) to an authorised mental health service; or
(ii) to the forensic disability service; or
(iii) to appear before a court; or
(iv) to a place of custody; or
(b) accompanying a classified patient, forensic patient or person subject to a judicial order (also the
"patient" ) while the patient is receiving limited community treatment or on a temporary absence under section 221 .
(2) For this section, while the person is acting as mentioned in subsection (1) , the patient is in the person’s charge.
(3) The person must not wilfully allow the patient to abscond from the person’s charge.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(4) A person must not knowingly help the patient to abscond from the person’s charge.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.



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