PART 3Information, Authorisation and Extensions
CHAPTER 6Forms, information and descriptions of medical practitioners
Forms37.
(1)
For the purposes of these Regulations, any application, report, certificate, authorisation or statement, the form of which is required to be prescribed under the Act, or prescribed as required information under these Regulations, shall be in accordance with whichever one of the forms in the Schedule is appropriate.
(2)
The forms in the Schedule can be—
(a)
in a form or format to the like effect;
(b)
presented in a fully digital format; and
(c)
amended for accessibility if so required or appropriate.
38.
For the purposes of these Regulations where prescribed information in a Form in the Schedule requires a signature, an electronic signature or a typed name can be provided if the form is in itself provided in a digital form.
Ways in which information must be provided39.
(1)
In accordance with section 58(1), 58(2) and 58(3) of the Act relevant information means information that must be provided to P about a decision that relates to a deprivation of liberty to P.
(2)
The information must be provided in a format that is suitable to P.
(3)
Any information that includes notification that P has been detained in circumstances amounting to a deprivation of liberty or discharged from detention must be provided orally as well as in writing to P.
Descriptions of medical practitioners40.
For the purposes of section 300(2) of the Act a medical practitioner making a report listed in section 300(1)(a) and (c) to (e) of the Act must—
(a)
have successfully completed training that has been approved by the Department;
(b)
except in the 36 month period beginning with the date the person has successfully completed the training referred to in sub-paragraph (a), in the 36 months prior to the report, have completed further training relevant to their role as a medical practitioner making a report; and
(c)
have two years experience in a medical profession, pre-qualification or post-qualification.