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CurrentACAT must consider assessment—forensic mental health order
Chapter 7Forensic mental health
Part 7.1Forensic mental health orders
Division 7.1.3Making forensic mental health orders—preliminary matters
96 ACAT must consider assessment—forensic mental health order
(1)
Before making a forensic mental health order in relation to a person, the ACAT must consider—
(a)
an assessment of the person conducted under an assessment order; or
(b)
another assessment of the person that the ACAT considers appropriate.
(2)
In considering an assessment, the ACAT must take into account how recently the assessment was conducted.
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