Western Australian Current Acts

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 98

98 .         Notification to Public Advocate as to mentally impaired accused

        (1)         If a person becomes a mentally impaired accused (as defined in Part 5 of the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996 ) the registrar to the Mentally Impaired Accused Review Board shall notify the Public Advocate accordingly.

        (2)         On receipt of a notice under subsection (1), the Public Advocate shall investigate whether the person is in need of an administrator of his estate and take such other action as he considers appropriate.

        [Section 98 amended: No. 7 of 1996 s. 36; No. 69 of 1996 s. 36; No. 84 of 2004 s. 82; No. 17 of 2014 s. 12.]