Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 680

680 Appointed person’s power to ask questions

(1) The appointed person may require another person to answer a question about the person’s detention.

(2) When making the requirement, the appointed person must warn the other person it is an offence to fail to comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

(3) The person must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(4) It is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to answer the question if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person.

(5) The person does not commit an offence against subsection (3) if the information sought by the appointed person is not in fact relevant to the person’s detention.