Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Act 2016

Number: A2016-31
Status: In Force

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Current version

Notes

Uncommenced amendments by Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Amendment Act 2020.
Uncommenced expiry of provisions.

Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
1 December 2019	PDF PDF Word	R2	1 December 2019	Republication for amendments by A2018-52 as amended by A2019-18

Administering Minister and Directorate

Minister for Mental Health - ACT Health Directorate
Minister for Mental Health - Canberra Health Services

Legislative instruments

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Name	Status	Classifier	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Mental Health (Secure Facility) Declaration 2016 (No 1)	None		Notifiable instruments	s 7	30 August 2016	NI2016-471
Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Use of Force Secure Mental Health Facility Direction 2016	None		Notifiable instruments	s 9 and s 60	15 November 2016	NI2016-623
Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Strip Searches Secure Mental Health Facility Direction 2016	None		Notifiable instruments	s 9 and s 44	15 November 2016	NI2016-624
Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Delegation 2016 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Delegation	Notifiable instruments	s 12	22 November 2016 - 14 November 2017	NI2016-639
Mental Health (Secure Facilities) (Health Practitioners) Authorisation 2016 (No 1)	None		Notifiable instruments	Dictionary	22 November 2016	NI2016-643
Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Delegation 2017 (No 1)(Repealed)	Repealed	Delegation	Notifiable instruments	s 12	15 November 2017 - 2 April 2020	NI2017-606
Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Delegation 2020 (No 1)	None	Delegation	Notifiable instruments	s 12	3 April 2020	NI2020-472

Related instruments

Name	Effective	Year and No	Classification	Status
Public Sector Management (Mental Health (Secure Facilities)) Delegation 2016 (No 1) (Repealed)	22 November 2016 - 14 November 2017	NI2016-638	ni	Repealed
Public Sector Management (Mental Health (Secure Facilities)) Delegation 2017 (No 1)	15 November 2017	NI2017-607	ni	None

Point-in-time versions

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
1 December 2019	PDF PDF Word	R2	1 December 2019	Republication for amendments by A2018-52 as amended by A2019-18
21 June 2016 - 30 November 2019	PDF PDF Word	R1	21 June 2016	Republication for new Act
21 June 2016	PDF PDF Word	As notified	20 June 2016

Bill and Explanatory statement

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Bill 2016.

Notification statement

The Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Act 2016 has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.

Notified: 20 June 2016 (Parliamentary Counsel)

Act as notified

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
20 June 2016	21 June 2016	PDF PDF Word

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	20 June 2016	LA s 75 (1)
remainder	21 June 2016	s 2

Expiries

Expiry information is being progressively added to the Legislation Register, for a full list of expired provisions in this law see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
s 79	commences 21 June 2021	s 79 (3)

Amendments

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Amendment information is being progressively added to the Legislation Register. For a full list of legislation amending this law, see the legislation history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2020-29	Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Amendment Act 2020	sch 1 pt 1.4	awaiting commencement