Transport to South Australia when South Australian inpatient treatment orders apply
77 Transport to South Australia when South Australian inpatient treatment orders apply
If a South Australian authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person in the care and control of an interstate officer outside South Australia is a South Australian patient absent without leave, the officer may transport the person to a
South Australian treatment centre.
Section 63(1) applies to the taking of action under subsection (1).
If an interstate authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person in the care and control of an interstate officer outside
South Australia is a South Australian patient absent without leave, the officer may—
transport the person to a South Australian treatment centre; or
deliver the person into the care and control of a South Australian authorised officer for the purpose of the person's transport to a
South Australian treatment centre.
A
South Australian authorised officer or an interstate authorised officer may, for the purpose of the person's transport to a South
Australian treatment centre—
exercise the powers of an authorised officer under Part
9; and
if the officer is a police officer (however described) in South
Australia or another jurisdiction—exercise the powers of a police officer under Part
9, (and the provisions of Part
9, including section 60, will apply for the purpose with necessary modifications).
This section does not prevent action being taken under Division
3 for the transport of the person to an interstate treatment centre if the Chief Psychiatrist has given a direction under that
Division for the transfer of the person to the interstate treatment centre.
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