Mental Health Act 2016

This subdivision applies if—

the administrator of an authorised mental health service is responsible for a person (the relevant person) subject to a treatment authority or treatment support order; and

within 7 days before the hearing of a periodic review under chapter 12 (the scheduled review) of the treatment authority or treatment support order—

the relevant person becomes a patient required to return; and

the relevant person’s treating health service can not locate the person.

This subdivision also applies if—

an authorised mental health service or the forensic disability service is responsible for a person (also the relevant person) subject to a forensic order (mental health) or forensic order (disability); and

within 14 days before the hearing of a periodic review under chapter 12 (also the scheduled review) of the forensic order—

if an authorised mental health service is responsible for the relevant person—the relevant person is a patient required to return and the service can not locate the person; or

if the forensic disability service is responsible for the relevant person—the relevant person is a person to whom the Forensic Disability Act, section 113 applies and the forensic disability service can not locate the person.