Mental Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1998 No. 374 Mental Health Act 1974 MENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Insertion of new ss 7C and 7D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7C Certain hospitals to be operative as designated psychiatric facility only after gazette notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7D Parts of certain designated psychiatric facilities to be operative as designated psychiatric facilities only after gazette notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 22 (Hospitals to which defendant may be admitted upon order under s 29A of the Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of sch 7 (Designated psychiatric facilities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

s1 2 s3 Mental Health Amendment (No. 1) No. 374, 1998 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Mental Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Mental Health Regulation 1985 . ˙ Insertion of new ss 7C and 7D 3. Part 1, after section 7B— insert — ˙ ‘ Certain hospitals to be operative as designated psychiatric facility only after gazette notice ‘ 7C.(1) This section applies to Maryborough Hospital and Redland Hospital. ‘ (2) Even though a hospital mentioned in subsection (1) appears as a designated psychiatric facility in schedule 7, it is not a designated psychiatric facility until the Minister, by gazette notice, declares it to be operative as a designated psychiatric facility. ˙ ‘ Parts of certain designated psychiatric facilities to be operative as designated psychiatric facilities only after gazette notice ‘ 7D.(1) This section applies to the following units that, in schedule 7, are included as part of a designated psychiatric facility— (a) the acquired brain injury unit at Bald Hills Hospital; (b) the psychogeriatric extended treatment unit at Moreton Bay Nursing Care Centre; (c) the psychogeriatric extended treatment unit at Nambour Nursing Home; (d) the psychogeriatric extended treatment unit at Redcliffe Hospital; (e) the acquired brain injury unit at Wynnum Hospital. ‘ (2) Even though a unit is included as part of a designated psychiatric

s4 3 s5 Mental Health Amendment (No. 1) No. 374, 1998 facility in schedule 7, the unit is not included in the facility as stated in the schedule until the Minister, by gazette notice, declares the unit to be operative as part of the designated psychiatric facility.’. ˙ Amendment of s 22 (Hospitals to which defendant may be admitted upon order under s 29A of the Act) 4.(1) Section 22(a)— insert— ‘(xi) Caboolture; (xii) Ipswich; (xiii)Maryborough;’. (2) Section 22— insert— ‘ (2) However, until the Minister has, under section 7C, declared Maryborough Hospital operative as a designated psychiatric facility, an order mentioned in subsection (1) may not authorise the admission of a defendant to the hospital.’. ˙ Amendment of sch 7 (Designated psychiatric facilities) 5.(1) Schedule 7, ‘Nambour General Hospital’, ‘Rockhampton Base Hospital’ and ‘The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane’— omit (2) Schedule 7— insert — ‘Caboolture Hospital, including the psychogeriatric extended treatment unit at Redcliffe Hospital Maryborough Hospital Nambour General Hospital, including the psychogeriatric extended treatment unit at Nambour Nursing Home Redland Hospital, including—

s5 4 s5 Mental Health Amendment (No. 1) No. 374, 1998 • the psychogeriatric extended treatment unit at Moreton Bay Nursing Care Centre • the acquired brain injury unit at Wynnum Hospital Rockhampton Base Hospital, including the psychogeriatric extended treatment unit at Eventide Rockhampton The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, including— • the psychogeriatric extended treatment unit at the hospital • the acquired brain injury unit at Bald Hills Hospital’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 17 December 1998. 2. Notified in the gazette on 18 December 1998. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 1998