Lunacy Act Amendment Act 1926 (WA)

1926.] Lunacy. [No. 46.

LUNACY.

17° GEO. V., No. XLVI.

No. 46 of 1926.

AN ACT to amend Section One hundred and eighty-seven

a of the Lunacy Act, 1903-1920.

[Assented to 23rd December, 1926.]

Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, byand with the advice and consent of the Legislative

this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows :—

1.    This Act may be cited as the Lunacy Act Amendment Short title.

Act, 1926.

2.    Section one hundred and eighty-seven a of the toraeligtent of

Lunacy Act, 1903-1920, is hereby amended as follows :-

(1) By the insertion, after the word " aforesaid " in line two of subsection (2), of the words " or other officer having authority over the attendant or employee concerned."

(2) By the omission of the words " the board of visitors of the institution, and the decision of the board shall be final" in subsection (3), and the in- sertion in place thereof of the words " an Appeal Board."

(3) By the insertion after the word " person " in the proviso to subsection (3) of the words " not being a legal practitioner " ; and by the addition to the subsection of a further proviso as follows :—" Pro- vided also that the Inspector General or the institution shall not be represented at such appeal by a legal practitioner."

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(4) By the insertion of a subsection as follows :

(3a) The Appeal Board shall be constituted as follows :—One member shall be appointed by the Governor and shall be the chair- man ; one member shall be appointed by the Inspector General ; and the third member shall be elected by ballot from time to time and in the manner pre- scribed by regulations under this Act by the attendants and employees to whom this section applies.

(5) By the insertion in subsection (4), before the word " Board " in the first line, of the word " Appeal," and by the addition to the subsection of the following words :—" The decision of the Board or of any two members thereof shall be final."

(6) By the insertion of a subsection as follows :-

(4b) The Appeal Board may regulate its own procedure, and may summon and ex- amine witnesses on oath, and call for the production of papers and documents.