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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 630

Detention of person in public sector health service facility with use of reasonable force

630 Detention of person in public sector health service facility with use of reasonable force

(1) This section applies if, under a provision of this Act, a person is required or permitted to be detained in a public sector health service facility.
(2) The person in charge of the public sector health service facility, and anyone lawfully helping the person in charge, may exercise the power to detain the person in the public sector health service facility with the help, and using the force, that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances.



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