Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 843

843 Forensic order (Minister)

(1) This section applies if a forensic order (Minister) is—

(a) in effect for a person immediately before the commencement; or

(b) made under the repealed Act, chapter 7, part 7, division 2, subdivision 3 as continued in effect under section 842(2).

(2) From the commencement or relevant start day, the order is taken to be a forensic order (mental health) under the new Act.

(3) On the commencement or relevant start day—

(a) the category of the forensic order (mental health) is inpatient; and

(b) the new Act applies in relation to the category of the forensic order (mental health) as if the order had been made under the new Act.

(4) Without limiting subsections (1) to (3)—

(a) for the purposes of the new Act, the forensic order (mental health) is taken to have been made when the forensic order (Minister) was made under the repealed Act; and

(b) the new Act applies in relation to the forensic order (mental health) as if it were made under the new Act.

(5) In this section—

"relevant start day" , for a forensic order (Minister) mentioned in subsection (1)(b), means the day the order is made.