Making of emergency examination authority

Current

(1)

This section applies if a person mentioned in section 370(5)(b) (an interstate officer) transports a person to whom section 370(1)(a) applies, to an authorised mental health service or public sector health service facility.

(2)

The interstate officer must immediately give an authority for the person.

(3)

The authority must—

(a)

be in the approved form; and

(b)

state the time when it is given.

(4)

The authority is taken to be an emergency examination authority given for the person under the Public Health Act 2005, section 157D.

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371 Making of emergency examination authority