Meaning of official visitor etc
208 Meaning of official visitor etc
In this Act:
entitled person means a person—
receiving treatment, care or support for mental disorder or a mental illness—
at a visitable place; or
at a place other than a visitable place under an order under this Act; or
prescribed by regulation.
official visitor, for a visitable place—see the Official Visitor Act 2012, section 6.
visitable place means—
a mental health facility; or
a long-term residential accommodation facility or respite facility at which a person receiving treatment, care or support for mental disorder or a mental illness may stay; or
a place in a correctional centre where a detainee is receiving treatment or care for mental disorder or a mental illness for the period in which the treatment, care or support is given to the detainee.
A visitable place mentioned in par (c) is also a visitable place for an official visitor under the Corrections Management Act 2007 (see that Act, s 57).
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