Victorian Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2022 (NO. 39 OF 2022) - SECT 143

The compulsory treatment criteria for a person to be made subject to a temporary treatment order or treatment order are that—

        (a)     the person has mental illness; and

        (b)     because the person has mental illness, the person needs immediate treatment to prevent—

              (i)     serious deterioration in the person's mental or physical health; or

              (ii)     serious harm to the person or to another person; and

        (c)     if the person is made subject to a temporary treatment order or treatment order, the immediate treatment will be provided to the person; and

        (d)     there are no less restrictive means reasonably available to enable the person to receive the immediate treatment.

Part 4.2—Assessment orders

Division 1—Making of assessment order