Compulsory treatment orders
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5(1)An application by a mental health officer under section 63 may be founded on a mental health report from a single approved medical practitioner (who may be the practitioner making the application) if the approved medical practitioner considers that compliance with the requirement under that section for mental health reports from two medical practitioners is impractical or would involve undesirable delay.
(2)A single mental health report must otherwise comply with the requirements of section 57.