Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 662

662 Registrar’s power to require person to be brought before Mental Health Court

(1) For the Mental Health Court exercising its jurisdiction, the registrar may—

(a) require the administrator of an authorised mental health service or of the forensic disability service to bring a person for whom the service is responsible before the court at a stated time and place; or

(b) require the custodian of a person in lawful custody to bring the person before the court at a stated time and place.

(2) The requirement must be made by written notice given to the administrator or custodian.

(3) The administrator or custodian must comply with the notice.

(4) For subsection (1) , an authorised person may—

(a) transport the person from the authorised mental health service or forensic disability service to appear before the court; and

(b) on the adjournment of the hearing, transport the person from the court to the authorised mental health service or forensic disability service.

Note—

For the powers of an authorised person when detaining and transporting a person, see chapter 11 , part 6 , division 5 .