Notification of Magistrates Court about emergency detention or release from emergency detention
87 Notification of Magistrates Court about emergency detention or release from emergency detention
The person in charge of an approved mental health facility must—
notify the Magistrates Court of the results of an examination conducted by a doctor under an order under the Crimes Act, section 309 (1); and
if, after examination by the doctor—
the person is to be detained for treatment, care or support—ensure that the person is detained for the purposes of receiving that treatment, care or support; or
the person is not to be detained for treatment, care or support, or is to be released after being detained—release the person into the custody of a police officer.
If the person is detained at the facility under section 81 or section 85, the person in charge of the facility must notify the court of the reasons for the detention.
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