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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 - SECT 127

Tribunal obligations regarding authorisations

(1)  The Tribunal is to ensure that an authorisation of special psychiatric treatment specifies –
(a) the precise nature of the treatment; and
(b) the number of times the treatment may be given; and
(c) the person who (by name or office) may give the treatment; and
(d) when the treatment may be given; and
(e) any special requirements as to method, dosage, frequency, supervision, recovery or other relevant matters.
(2)  On authorising any special psychiatric treatment, the Tribunal is to ensure that –
(a) a copy of the authorisation is given to the patient before the treatment commences (together with, depending on the patient's status, a statement of rights in an approved form); and
(b) a copy of the authorisation is given to the Chief Psychiatrist.



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