KP v Minister for Mental Health

• 1. Mental Health
  2. › Forensic patients
  3. › Review by Mental Health Review Tribunal
  4. › Revocation of conditional release
  5. › Whether Tribunal had power under ss 79 and 81 to revoke conditional release and order detention without apprehension order under s 109
  6. › Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW), ss 79, 81, 109
• 1. Statutory Interpretation
  2. › General and specific powers
  3. › Anthony Hordern principle
  4. › Whether specific power in s 109 limits general power in s 81
  5. › Whether principle must yield to text, context and purpose of statute
  6. › Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW), ss 81, 109
• 1. Statutory Interpretation
  2. › Implied powers
  3. › Whether power to revoke conditional release implied from express power of detention
  4. › Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW), s 81
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Leave to appeal from tribunal
  3. › Extension of time
  4. › Whether issues of principle and general public importance raised
  5. › Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW), ss 150, 152

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