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CLAUSE NOTES
Mental Health Amendment Bill 2009
Clause 1 Short Title
Clause 2 Commencement
Provides for the Act to commence on Royal Assent.
Clause 3 Principal Act
Names the Mental Health Amendment Act 2005 as the legislation
that the Bill amends.
Clause 4 Section 19 amended (Expiry)
Amends section 19 of the Mental Health Amendment Act 2005.
Section 19 is a sunset clause which provides that the
amendments made to the Mental Health Act 1996 by the Mental
Health Amendment Act 2005 relating to community treatment
orders expire four years and six months after the
commencement of the Mental Health Amendment Act 2005, that
is, on 11 January 2010.
This clause amends section 19(1) to provide that the
amendments made by the Mental Health Amendment Act 2005
will expire six years and six months after the commencement of
that Act, that is, on 11 January 2012.
Clause 5 Repeal of Act
Provides for the Act's repeal 90 days after its commencement
(by which time the amendments achieved by the Act will be
incorporated to the Mental Health Amendment Act 2005).
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