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Practice Directions

Practice Directions

Practice Directions

The Tribunal has issued the following Practice Directions:

General

  • Publication of Official Reports of the Tribunal's proceedings
  • Accessing audio recordings or transcripts of Tribunal proceedings
    • Application Form for accessing recordings
  • Authentication of the Tribunal's Determinations
  • Publication of Names (s162 Mental Health Act 2007)
  • Procedural Matters (updated July 2022)
  • ECT Determinations
  • Access to Medical Records by Representatives
  • Issuing a summons under s157 Mental Health Act 2007 
  • Application by an AMO for hearing to proceed in the absence of the patient or affected person (this Practice Directions has effect from 1 July 2018)
    • Application form for hearing to proceed in absence of patient or affected person

Civil and Mental Health Inquiries

  • Documentary and evidentiary requirements to establish the Tribunal's jurisdiction for mental health inquiries
  • Documentary and evidentiary requirements for establishing that a person is mentally disordered
  • Abridgement of CTO Notice Requirements

Forensic:

  • Detaining forensic patients under the Mental Health Act 2007
  • MHCIFP Act - Correctional Patients and Forensic CTOs NEW
  • MHCIFP Act - Forensic Patients Overview NEW
  • MHCIFP Act - Limiting Term and Extension Orders NEW
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