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
- Authentication of the Tribunal's Determinations
- Publication of Names (s162 Mental Health Act 2007)
- Procedural Matters (updated July 2015)
- 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)
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:
- Provision of material to the Tribunal prior to forensic review hearings
- Independent Risk Assessments for Forensic Patients who do not have a mental illness
- Detaining forensic patients under the Mental Health Act 2007
- Notification to the Minister for Health and the Attorney General (updated 6 February 2017)
- Listing arrangements for reviews of Community Treatment Orders under s. 61(3) of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990