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← Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008

Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008 s 32

s 32 Rules

32.—(1) The Minister may make rules for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may make rules to prescribe —(a) the conditions and circumstances under which mechanical means of restraint or seclusion may be applied to patients; (b) the books and records to be kept in psychiatric institutions; and (c) anything which may be prescribed or is required to be prescribed under this Act. (3) The Minister may, in making any rules, provide that any contravention of any provision of the rules is an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

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