Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) s 99(4).
2.
Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) ss 46, 46A.
3.
New South Wales Guardianship Tribunal, ‘Annual Report 2008/2009’ (2009).
4.
Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) s 27(d).
5.
O'ShanePat, ‘Mental Health Act 1958 (N.S.W.)’ (1977) 2University of New South Wales Law Journal398.
6.
New South Wales, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 27 November 1958, 2150–2166 (William Sheahan).
7.
Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2008 (NSW) sch 16.
8.
Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) s 27(d).
9.
Letter from Greg James to NSW Mental Health Service Area Directors, 25 February 2010.
10.
GibsonJoel, ‘Mentally III Forced to Wait a Month to Appeal’, Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney) 13 March 2010, 5.
11.
JamesGreg, ‘Mental Health Changes Will Respect Patients’ Needs' (Letter to the Editor), Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney) 17 March 2010, 12.
12.
New South Wales Mental Health Review Tribunal, ‘Annual Report 2007–8’ (2008).
13.
James, above n 11.
14.
Ibid.
15.
New South Wales Mental Health Review Tribunal, ‘Mental Health Review from 1993 to the Year 2000 Including the Annual Reports for 1997 and 1998’ (1999).
16.
Mental Health Act 1996 (Tas) s 52.
17.
Mental Health Act 1993 (SA) s 12; Mental Health Act 2009 (SA) s 25.
18.
Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) s 187(1).
19.
Mental Health Act 1986 (Vic) s 30(1).
20.
Mental Health Act 1996 (WA) s 138.
21.
Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 (ACT) s 17(1); Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 (NT) s 123.
22.
In a number of Australian cases concerned with the coercive powers of mental health legislation, courts have held that the natural meaning of the statute should not be extended so as to restrict patient rights. See ‘MM’ v Mental Health Review Board [1999] WASC 1005 (Scott J); See also Watson v Marshall & Cade [1971] HCA 33.
23.
PerlinMichael L, ‘On “Sanism”’ (1992) 46Southern Methodist University Law Review373; PerlinMichael L, ‘“Half-Wracked Prejudice Leaped Forth”: Sanism, Pretextuality, and Why and How Mental Disability Law Developed as It Did’ (1999) 10Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues3.
24.
Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) ss 8, 12, 13, 21. See also BeaupertFleurCarneyTerry, ‘Mental Health Tribunals: Rights Drowning in Un-‘Chartered’ Health Waters?’ (2008) 13Australian Journal of Human Rights181.
25.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) articles 5, 12, 14(2), 22.
26.
C, R (on the Application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal London South & South West Region [2001] EWCA Civ 1110, [64], [66] (Lord Phillips). [Emphasis added]
27.
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, opened for signature 4 November 1950, 213 UNTS 221 (entered into force 3 September 1953), as amended by Protocol No 11 with Protocol Nos 1, 4, 6, 7, 12 and 13 (2003), art 5(4).
28.
C, R (on the Application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal London South & South West Region [2001] EWCA Civ 1110, [45] (Lord Phillips); Bezicheri v Italy [1989] 12 EHRR 210.
