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Chapter 15 (not in force provisions only current as of June 17, 2021) MENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT, 2020

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1 MENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT, 2020

Chapter 15 HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cM-13 1 The Mental Health Act is amended by this Act. 19 The following is added after

section 12: Duties of peace officers 12.1 After a person has been conveyed to a secure location under

section 10 or 12 and has been assessed and examined, a peace officer shall (

a) convey the person to the person’s home, the location of apprehension or appropriate accommodations, if no admission certificate is issued after the examination, or (

b) convey the person to a f acility for a further assessment and examination, if an admission certificate has been issued. 22

Section 14 is amended (b),(

c) repealed 2021 c10 s6; (

d) in subsection (5) (

i) repealed 2021 c10 s6. 37

Section 42 is amended (

a) in subsection (2) (

i) repealed 2021 c10 s6;

Section 45

Chapter 15 2 MENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT, 2020 (

b) repealed 2021 c10 s6. 38

Section 43 is amended (

b) in subsection (3.1) (

i) in clause (a) (

B) repealed 2021 c10 s6; (ii) repealed 2021 c10 s6. 42

Section 53 is amended (

a) in subsection (1) (

v) repealed 2021 c10 s6. Coming into Force Coming into force 45 This Act, except sections 2(a)(iii) and (iv), 24(a), 42(a)(

i) and (ii), (

b) and (

c) and 43, comes into force on Proclamation.

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