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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 - SECT 40

Treatment criteria

The treatment criteria in relation to a person are –
(a) the person has a mental illness; and
(b) without treatment, the mental illness will, or is likely to, seriously harm –
(i) the person's health or safety; or
(ii) the safety of other persons; and
(c) the treatment will be appropriate and effective in terms of the outcomes referred to in section 6(1) ; and
(d) the treatment cannot be adequately given except under a treatment order; and
(e) the person does not have decision-making capacity.



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