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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 - SECT 226

Service of documents

(1)  A notice or other document that is required to be given or served under this Act is effectively given or served if –
(a) in the case of a natural person who is –
(i) a voluntary inpatient; or
(ii) a forensic patient; or
(iii) an involuntary patient who is being detained in an approved facility under the authority of an assessment order or a treatment order –
the document is given to the person; or
(b) in the case of any other natural person, the document is –
(i) given to the person; or
(ii) left at, or sent by post to, the person's postal or residential address or place or address of business or employment last known to the server of the document; or
(iii) faxed to the person's fax number; or
(iv) emailed to the person's email address; or
(c) in the case of any other person, it is –
(i) left at, or sent by post to, the person's principal or registered office or principal place of business; or
(ii) faxed to the person's fax number; or
(iii) emailed to the person's email address.
(2)  For the purposes of this section –
give , in relation to a notice or other document, includes cause the notice or other document to be given.



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