Review of exercise of visiting, telephone or correspondence right
192 Review of exercise of visiting, telephone or correspondence right
The following provisions govern the review of a decision concerning a forensic patient's visiting, telephone or correspondence rights:
the Tribunal may do the review on its own motion at any time;
the Tribunal must do the review on the application of any person with the necessary standing;
the review may be done whether or not the relevant rights have been exercised;
on review, the Tribunal may – affirm the relevant decision; or set aside the relevant decision;
if the relevant decision is set aside, the Tribunal may – substitute its own decision for the one set aside; or remit the matter to the decision-maker, with or without directions, for redetermination.
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