Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Act 2016

The director-general must keep a register of any incident involving the use of force under this division.

The register must include the following information in relation to each incident involving the use of force:

the name of the patient involved in the incident;

the name of each person present during the incident;

the date force was used on the patient;

the reason for the use of force;

the force used;

the injury caused, if any;

if someone died as a result of the use of force, the date and circumstances of the death;

anything else the director-general considers relevant;

anything else prescribed by regulation.

The register may be kept in any form, including electronically, that the director-general decides.

The director-general may correct a mistake, error or omission in the register.

The register must be available for inspection, on request, by a commissioner exercising functions under the Human Rights Commission Act 2005.

Note The following commissioners exercise functions under the Human Rights Commission Act 2005:

 the children and young people commissioner

 the disability and community services commissioner

 the discrimination commissioner

 the health services commissioner

 the public advocate

 the victims of crime commissioner

 the human rights commissioner.

Part 5 Notification and review of decisions