Mental Health (The Roy Fagan Centre) Order 1999 (TAS)

Mental Health (The Roy Fagan Centre) Order 1999

I make the following order under sections 6(1) and (2) of the Mental Health Act 1963 .16 April 1999

JUDY JACKSON

Minister for Health and Human Services

1Short titleThis order may be cited as the Mental Health (The Roy Fagan Centre) Order 1999 . 2CommencementThis order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette. 3InterpretationThe Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if this order were by-laws. 4Declaration of The Roy Fagan Centre as hospitalThe Roy Fagan Centre which – (a) is situated at Lenah Valley in Tasmania; and (b) is maintained by the State as a psychogeriatric institution – is declared to be a hospital for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1963 . 5Declaration of hospital authorityThe person for the time being holding the office of Senior Psychiatrist at The Roy Fagan Centre is declared to be the hospital authority for that institution.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 21 April 1999

This order is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order) This order –

(a) declares The Roy Fagan Centre in Lenah Valley to be a hospital for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1963 ; and (b) declares the Senior Psychiatrist of The Roy Fagan Centre to be the hospital authority for that institution.