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 
• Dissenting Opinions
• Application by an AMO for hearing to proceed in the absence of the patient or affected person (this Practice Direction 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
  
• MHCIFP Act - Forensic Patients Overview
  
• MHCIFP Act - Limiting Term and Extension Orders