Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Amendment Bill.pdf [pdf, 163 KB]
...Act; b. the use of force, in respect of the patient, must be reasonably necessary in the circumstances. This requires the use of force to be reasonably necessary in the circumstances as the intervener reasonably believed them to be. The Court of Appeal in R v Rosso noted that while there is an element of subjectivity (for example, there must be an actual belief), the test is objective.8 The purpose of the force will be to restrain the special patient and to ensure their safe transport...