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Mental Health Review Tribunal Rules

[1989 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

(i) where subsection (6) of that section applies the medical officer referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection; and (ii) in any other case the medical superintendent;

“secretary" means the secretary to the tribunal appointed under section 59A(8) of the Ordinance.

PART II

PRELIMINARY MATTERS

3.

Making an application

(1) An application shall be made to the tribunal in writing, signed by the applicant or any person authorized by him to do so on his behalf.

(2) The application shall wherever possible include the following information-----

(a) the name of the patient and the number of any current identity card issued to the patient under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap. 177);

(b) the patient's address, which shall include-

(i) the place where the patient is detained; or

(ii) the name and address of the patient's private guardian, and the number of any current identity card issued to the guardian under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap. 177); or

(iii) in the case of a conditionally discharged patient or a patient to whom leave of absence from hospital has been granted, the place where the patient was last detained or is liable to be detained, together with the patient's current address and the address of any psychiatric out-patient clinic that he is required to attend;

(c) where the application is made by the patient's relative, the name and address of the applicant, the number of any current identity card issued to the applicant under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap. 177), and the relationship of the applicant to the patient;

(d) the section of the Ordinance under which the patient is detained or is liable to be detained;

(e) the name and address of any representative authorized in accordance with rule 9 and the number of any current identity card issued to him under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap. 177) or, if none has yet been authorized, whether the applicant intends to authorize a representative or wishes to conduct his own case.