Mental Health Act 20266
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Amendment of Coroners Act 1962 | ||
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234. (1) The Coroners Act 1962 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 2, in the definition of “State custody or detention”— | ||
(i) by the deletion of paragraph (d), | ||
(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d): | ||
“(da) involuntarily admitted under Part 3 or 4 of the Mental Health Act 2026 to a registered acute mental health centre (within the meaning of that Act);”, | ||
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(b) in section 60(5), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d): | ||
“(da) the deceased was, at the time of his or her death or immediately before his or her death, involuntarily admitted under Part 3 or 4 of the Mental Health Act 2026 to a registered acute mental health centre (within the meaning of that Act),”. | ||
(2) The amendments of the Coroners Act 1962 effected by subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to the death of a person that occurred before the commencement of this section. |