Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998

(1) This section applies if the practitioner who carried out the examination and assessment under section 79(1) or 80(3) is satisfied the prisoner fulfils the criteria for involuntary admission on the grounds of mental illness or mental disturbance.

(2) The practitioner must make a recommendation for the psychiatric examination of the prisoner.

(3) Part 6 applies to the prisoner as if the recommendation were a recommendation under section 34(1).

(4) If the prisoner is not already at an approved treatment facility, the Commissioner of Correctional Services must permit the transfer of the prisoner to an approved treatment facility for the following:

(a) an examination and assessment of the prisoner under section 38(1);