Mental Health Amendment Act 1991 (Qld)

Queensland MENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT 1991 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s.14 (Patient Review Tribunals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Queensland Mental Health Act Amendment Act 1991 Act No. 58 of 1991 An Act to amend the Mental Health Act 1974 [Assented to 18 September 1991]

Mental Health Amendment 2 No. 58, 1991 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows. Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Mental Health Amendment Act 1991 . Amended Act 2. The Mental Health Act 1974 is amended as set out in this Act. Amendment of s.14 (Patient Review Tribunals) 3.(1) Section 14(3)— omit ‘ five ’, insert ‘ 6 ’. (2) Section 14(3)(a)— omit , insert — ‘ (a) one must be— (i) a retired Supreme Court Judge or a retired District Court Judge; or (ii) a person who is qualified for appointment as a Judge of District Courts; or (iii) a retired judge of a court of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory; who is to be chairperson of the Tribunal; ’. (3) Section 14(6)(b)— omit . (4) Section 14(6)(c)— omit . (5) After section 14(7)— insert —

Mental Health Amendment 3 No. 58, 1991 ‘(7A) Despite subsection (5), the Governor in Council may, for the purpose of increasing the number of members of a Tribunal to not more than 6, appoint a person as a member of a Tribunal for the unexpired portion of the term of office of the other members. ’. (6) Section 14(9)— omit ‘ Judge of District Courts ’, insert ‘ person qualified for appointment under subsection (3)(a) ’. The State of Queensland 1991