Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 736

736 Right to appear

(1) A person who is entitled be given notice of the hearing of a proceeding has a right to appear in person at the hearing.

(2) Also, without limiting subsection (1) , the chief psychiatrist may, with the leave of the tribunal, appear in person at the hearing of a proceeding.

(3) However, despite subsection (1) , the following persons do not have a right to appear in person at the hearing of a proceeding—

(a) the administrator of an authorised mental health service;

(b) the administrator of the forensic disability service;

(c) a person who is given notice of the hearing of the proceeding under section 287 .

(4) Subsection (3) (a) does not apply in relation to an application for an examination authority made under section 502 by an administrator of an authorised mental health service or a person authorised in writing by an administrator of an authorised mental health service.