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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 91

Direction to prepare psychiatrist report

91 Direction to prepare psychiatrist report

(1) Within 7 days after receiving a request under section 90 , the chief psychiatrist must direct the administrator of the person’s treating health service to arrange for an authorised psychiatrist to prepare a psychiatrist report about the person in relation to the charge of the serious offence.
(2) However, the chief psychiatrist may decide not to give the direction if a direction to prepare a psychiatrist report about the person in relation to the serious offence has been previously revoked under section 98 .
(3) The direction may include a direction for the report to be prepared about the person also in relation to an associated offence.
(4) If the chief psychiatrist does not give a direction under subsection (1) , the chief psychiatrist must give the person making the request a written statement explaining the reasons for not giving the direction.



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