Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 728

728 Application of sdiv 2

(1) This subdivision applies if—

(a) the administrator of an authorised mental health service is responsible for a person (the
"relevant person" ) subject to a treatment authority or treatment support order; and

(b) within 7 days before the hearing of a periodic review under chapter 12 (the
"scheduled review" ) of the treatment authority or treatment support order—

(i) the relevant person becomes a patient required to return; and

(ii) the relevant person’s treating health service can not locate the person.

(2) This subdivision also applies if—

(a) an authorised mental health service or the forensic disability service is responsible for a person (also the
"relevant person" ) subject to a forensic order (mental health) or forensic order (disability); and

(b) within 14 days before the hearing of a periodic review under chapter 12 (also the
"scheduled review" ) of the forensic order—

(i) if an authorised mental health service is responsible for the relevant person—the relevant person is a patient required to return and the service can not locate the person; or

(ii) if the forensic disability service is responsible for the relevant person—the relevant person is a person to whom the Forensic Disability Act , section 113 applies and the forensic disability service can not locate the person.