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CurrentTransport to authorised hospital (1996 Act s. 71)
Part 29Transitional matters for Mental Health Act
Division 3Involuntary patients
Subdivision 6Treatment of involuntary patient in community
626 Transport to authorised hospital (1996 Act s. 71)
(1)
A transport order made under the 1996 Act section 71(1) in respect of a person who is under a continued inpatient treatment order to which section 625(1) applies that was in force immediately before commencement day is taken to be a transport order made under section 133(1).
(2)
Despite sections 150 and 152 —
(a)
the period for which the transport order can remain in force expires at the end of 72 hours after the time when the transport order was made under the 1996 Act section 71(1); and
(b)
the transport order cannot be extended.
[Section 626 inserted: No. 25 of 2014 s. 9.]
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