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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 - SECT 96

Records, &c.

(1)  This section applies if –
(a) force is applied to a forensic patient otherwise than under any other law; or
(b) a forensic patient is placed in seclusion or under restraint otherwise than under any other law.
(2)  The controlling authority is to –
(a) make an appropriate record of the matter; and
(ab) give a copy of the record to the patient, together with a statement of rights in an approved form; and
(b) give a copy of the record to the Chief Psychiatrist and the Tribunal; and
(c) place a copy of the record on the patient's clinical record.
(3)  The Chief Psychiatrist or Tribunal, by notice, may require the controlling authority to provide further information about the matter within a required time and the controlling authority is to comply with that requirement.


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