Mental Health Act 2013

The controlling authority of an approved facility is to prepare a monthly report on the accommodation and treatment of long-term voluntary inpatients in that approved facility.

The report is to – be in a form approved by the President of the Tribunal or, as the case may be, an approved form; and specify (at least) – the name and date of admission of each long-term voluntary inpatient; and particulars of the treatment and care given to the long-term voluntary inpatient during the relevant month.

The controlling authority of the approved facility is to give copy of the report to – the Tribunal; and the Chief Psychiatrist.

For the purposes of subsection (3), the copies of the report are to be given within 14 days after the end of the relevant month.

In this section – long-term voluntary inpatient, of an approved facility, means a person who has been a voluntary inpatient of the approved facility for longer than 4 months, continuously, since the date of his or her last admission. The Tribunal may review the status and treatment of any voluntary inpatient – see Division 2 of Part 3 of Chapter 3.