Operation of interstate transfer agreements
203 Operation of interstate transfer agreements
If an interstate transfer agreement so provides, then, subject to and in accordance with its terms –
an eligible patient who is required to be detained may be transferred from an approved hospital or SMHU in Tasmania to a mental health facility in the reciprocating State; and an eligible patient who is required to be detained may be transferred from a mental health facility in the reciprocating State to an approved hospital or SMHU in Tasmania; and any order under a law of the reciprocating State that corresponds to a treatment order authorising a patient's treatment has effect in Tasmania (with any adaptation or modification provided for by the agreement) as if it were a treatment order in the same or substantially the same terms as the order under the law of the reciprocating State; and any order under a law of the reciprocating State that corresponds to a supervision order has effect in Tasmania (with any adaptation and modification provided for by the agreement) as if it were an order of that kind in the same or substantially the same terms as those of the order under the law of the reciprocating State; and the supervision of a person who is subject to a Tasmanian supervision order may be transferred from the Chief Psychiatrist to a medical practitioner in the reciprocating State.
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