Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 687

687 Assisting clinician’s advice before or during adjournment of hearing

(1) This section applies to advice given by an assisting clinician to the Mental Health Court—

(a) before the hearing of a proceeding starts; or

(b) during an adjournment of the hearing of a proceeding, other than an adjournment for the court to make its decision.

(2) During the hearing, the court must inform each party to the proceeding of the advice unless the party tells the court it does not require the information.

(3) However, this section does not apply to advice mentioned in section 651 (1) (d) that an assisting clinician gives the court.