Mental Health Act 2015

Number: A2015-38
Status: In Force

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
27 March 2024	HTML PDF Word	R19	27 March 2024	Republication for amendments by A2023-45^[4]

Administering Minister and Directorate

Minister for Mental Health - Canberra Health Services
Minister for Mental Health - ACT Health Directorate
Attorney-General - Justice and Community Safety Directorate

Regulations & instruments

Legislative instruments

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Notes

Interstate agreements entered into under the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994^[5] and in force on 1 March 2016 were continued in force under this Act.

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Name	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Mental Health (Advisory Council) Appointment 2017 (No 1)^[6]	Notifiable instruments	s 240	28 March 2017	NI2017-158
Mental Health (Care Coordinator) Appointment 2024 (No 1)^[7]	Notifiable instruments	s 204	2 March 2024	NI2024-115
Mental Health (Chief Psychiatrist) Appointment 2024 (No 1)^[8]	Notifiable instruments	s 196	23 February 2024	NI2024-87
Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2016 (No 1)^[9]	Notifiable instruments	s 262	1 March 2016	NI2016-32
Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2016 (No 2)^[10]	Notifiable instruments	s 262	1 March 2016	NI2016-33
Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2016 (No 4)^[11]	Notifiable instruments	s 262	30 August 2016	NI2016-470
Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2018 (No 1)^[12]	Notifiable instruments	s 262	1 July 2018	NI2018-194
Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2023 (No 1)^[13]	Notifiable instruments	s 262	1 September 2023	NI2023-519
Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2025 (No 1)^[14]	Notifiable instruments	s 262	7 February 2025	NI2025-50
Mental Health (Contravention of Mental Health Order) Guidelines 2024 (No 1)^[15]	Notifiable instruments	s 198A	7 June 2024	NI2024-289
Mental Health (Coordinating Director-General) Appointment 2016 (No 1)^[16]	Notifiable instruments	s 215	1 March 2016	NI2016-43
Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2016 (No 1)^[17]	Notifiable instruments	s 261	1 March 2016	NI2016-30
Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2016 (No 4)^[18]	Notifiable instruments	s 261	30 August 2016	NI2016-469
Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2018 (No 1)^[19]	Notifiable instruments	s 261	1 July 2018	NI2018-193
Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2021 (No 2)^[20]	Notifiable instruments	s 261	24 August 2021	NI2021-504
Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2023 (No 1)^[21]	Notifiable instruments	s 261	3 July 2023	NI2023-332
Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2025 (No 1)^[22]	Notifiable instruments	s 261	7 February 2025	NI2025-49
Mental Health (Inspectors) Appointment 2016 (No 1)^[23]	Notifiable instruments	s 234	15 February 2016	NI2016-98
Mental Health (Officers) Appointment 2016 (No 1)^[24]	Notifiable instruments	s 201	1 March 2016	NI2016-29
Mental Health (Treatment and Care) (Interstate Application of Mental Health Laws) Agreement 2002 (No 1)^[25]	Notifiable instruments	s 244	25 July 2002	NI2002-405
Mental Health (Treatment and Care) (Interstate Application of Mental Health Laws) Agreement 2002 (No 2)^[26]	Notifiable instruments	s 244	30 August 2002	NI2002-406
Mental Health (Treatment and Care) (Interstate Application of Mental Health Laws) Agreement 2003^[27]	Notifiable instruments	s 244	18 November 2003	NI2003-523
Mental Health (Treatment and Care) (Interstate Application of Mental Health Laws) Agreement 2004^[28]	Notifiable instruments	s 244	6 May 2004	NI2004-500
Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Interstate Application of Mental Health Laws Agreement 2011^[29]	Notifiable instruments	s 244	15 April 2011	NI2011-196
Mental Health (Use of Restraint) Guidelines 2022 (No 1)^[30]	Notifiable instruments	s 198A	29 November 2022	NI2022-602
Mental Health (Use of Seclusion) Guidelines 2022 (No 1)^[31]	Notifiable instruments	s 198A	29 November 2022	NI2022-603

Related instruments

Name	Effective	Year and No
Legislation (Mental Health Care Coordinator) Delegation 2016 (No 1)^[32]	1 March 2016	NI2016-36
Legislation (Mental Health Chief Psychiatrist) Delegation 2016 (No 1)^[33]	1 March 2016	NI2016-35
Public Sector Management (Mental Health) Delegation 2017 (No 1)^[34]	2 August 2017	NI2017-424

Point-in-time versions

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The following table lists 19 point in time versions. You can skip this and jump to the next tab.
Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
27 March 2024	HTML PDF Word	R19	27 March 2024	Republication for amendments by A2023-45^[4]
16 November 2023 - 26 March 2024	HTML PDF Word	R18	16 November 2023	Republication for amendments by A2023-44^[35]
23 June 2021 - 15 November 2023	HTML PDF Word	R17	23 June 2021	Republication for amendments by A2021-12^[36]
2 March 2021 - 22 June 2021	HTML PDF Word	R16	2 March 2021	Republication for expiry of provisions (s 271 (1)-(3))
26 February 2021 - 1 March 2021	HTML PDF Word	R15	26 February 2021	Republication for amendments by A2021-3^[37]
12 February 2021 - 25 February 2021	HTML PDF Word	R14	12 February 2021	Republication for amendments by A2020-43^[38]
28 August 2020 - 11 February 2021	HTML PDF Word	R13	28 August 2020	Republication for amendments by A2020-43^[38]
2 April 2020 - 27 August 2020	HTML PDF Word	R12	2 April 2020	Republication for amendments by A2019-29^[39]
1 December 2019 - 1 April 2020	HTML PDF Word	R11	1 December 2019	Republication for amendments by A2018-52^[40] as amended by A2019-18^[41]
3 October 2019 - 30 November 2019	HTML PDF Word	R10	3 October 2019	Republication for amendments by A2019-29^[39]
2 March 2019 - 2 October 2019	HTML PDF Word	R9	2 March 2019	Republication for expiry of provisions (s 271 (4), (5))
22 November 2018 - 1 March 2019	HTML PDF Word	R8	22 November 2018	Republication for amendments by A2018-42^[42]
2 March 2018 - 21 November 2018	HTML PDF Word	R7	2 March 2018	Republication for expiry of transitional provisions (ch 40)
11 October 2017 - 1 March 2018	HTML PDF Word	R6	11 October 2017	Republication for amendments by A2017-28^[43]
1 May 2017 - 10 October 2017	HTML PDF Word	R5	1 May 2017	Republication for amendments by A2016-42^[44] as amended by A2017-10^[45]
21 June 2016 - 30 April 2017	HTML PDF Word	R4	21 June 2016	Republication for amendments by A2016-32^[46]
16 June 2016 - 20 June 2016	HTML PDF Word	R3	16 June 2016	Republication for amendments by A2016-28^[47]
1 April 2016 - 15 June 2016	HTML PDF Word	R2	1 April 2016	Republication for amendments by A2016-13^[48]
1 March 2016 - 31 March 2016	HTML PDF Word	R1	1 March 2016	Republication for new Act, relocation of provisions from the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 A1994-44^[5] and general renumbering
8 October 2015	HTML PDF Word	As notified	7 October 2015

Law history

Bill and Explanatory statement

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Mental Health Bill 2015^[49].

Notification statement

The Mental Health Act 2015 has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.

Notified: 7 October 2015 (Parliamentary Counsel)

Act as notified

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats
7 October 2015	8 October 2015	HTML PDF Word

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	7 October 2015	LA^[50] s 75 (1)
s 149	8 October 2015	LA^[50] s 75AA
sch 2 pt 2.2	8 October 2015	s 2 (2)
remainder	1 March 2016	s 2 (1) and see A2014-51^[51], s 2 (as am by A2015-38^[52] amdt 2.54)

Expiries

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
s 271A	commences 28 August 2029	s 271A (5)
ch 20	commences 16 November 2025	s 304
s 271 (1)-(3)	1 March 2021 (midnight)	s 271 (3)
s 271 (4), (5)	1 March 2019 (midnight)	s 271 (5)
ch 40	1 March 2018 (midnight)	s 402

Amendments

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2023-45^[4]	Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment Act 2023	sch 1 pt 1.8	27 March 2024
A2023-44^[35]	Mental Health Amendment Act 2023	ss 4-22	16 November 2023
A2021-12^[36]	Statute Law Amendment Act 2021	sch 1 pt 1.2, sch 3 pt 3.37	23 June 2021
A2021-3^[37]	Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2021	pt 13	26 February 2021
A2020-43^[38]	Mental Health Amendment Act 2020	s 7, s 8	12 February 2021
A2020-43^[38]	Mental Health Amendment Act 2020	ss 4-6, ss 9-22	28 August 2020
A2019-29^[39]	Official Visitor Amendment Act 2019	sch 1 amdt 1.23	2 April 2020
A2018-52^[40]	Integrity Commission Act 2018	sch 1 pt 1.16	1 December 2019
A2019-29^[39]	Official Visitor Amendment Act 2019	sch 1 pt 1.5 (except amdt 1.23)	3 October 2019
A2018-42^[42]	Statute Law Amendment Act 2018	sch 1 pt 1.3	22 November 2018
A2017-28^[53]	Statute Law Amendment Act 2017 (No 2)	sch 3 pt 3.9	11 October 2017
A2016-42^[54]	Family Violence Act 2016	sch 3 pt 3.16	1 May 2017
A2016-32^[55]	Mental Health Amendment Act 2016	s 86, s 96, s 97, s 101	21 June 2016
A2016-32^[55]	Mental Health Amendment Act 2016	ss 4-85, ss 87-95, ss 98-100	21 June 2016
A2016-28^[56]	ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Amendment Act 2016 (No 2)	sch 1 pt 1.6	16 June 2016
A2016-13^[57]	Protection of Rights (Services) Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (No 2)	sch 1 pt 1.28	1 April 2016

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