Mental Health (Fee Notices) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SA)

South Australia

Mental Health (Fee Notices) Amendment Regulations 2022

under the Mental Health Act 2009

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

Part 2—Amendment of Mental Health Regulations 2010

3            Substitution of regulation 7

7           Scale of legal practitioner fees (section 84(3) of Act)

4            Repeal of Schedule 1

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (Fee Notices) Amendment Regulations 2022.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on 21 March 2022.

Part 2—Amendment of Mental Health Regulations 2010

3—Substitution of regulation 7

Regulation 7—delete the regulation and substitute:

7—Scale of legal practitioner fees (section 84(3) of Act)

A legal practitioner (not being an employee of the Crown or a statutory authority) who represents a person under section 84 of the Act is entitled to receive fees for their services from the Minister in accordance with the scale prescribed by fee notice.

4—Repeal of Schedule 1

Schedule 1—delete the Schedule

Editorial note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 17 February 2022

No 15 of 2022