Mental Health Act 2016

The chief executive must, within 28 days after receiving an application for review of a decision—

review the decision (the original decision); and

make a decision (the internal review decision) to—

confirm the original decision; or

amend the original decision; or

substitute another decision for the original decision; and

give the applicant written notice (the review notice) of the internal review decision.

If the internal review decision is not the decision sought by the applicant, the review notice must state the following—

the day the notice is given to the applicant (the review notice day);

the reasons for the decision;

that the applicant may appeal against the decision to the court within 28 days after the review notice day;

how to appeal;

that the applicant may apply to the court for a stay of the decision.

If the chief executive does not give the review notice within the 28 days, the chief executive is taken to have made an internal review decision confirming the original decision.