Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Registration

86AAG: Delegation of Director of Mental Health’s functions under sections 86AAB, 86AAC, and 86AAD

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"The Director of Mental Health can pass some jobs to other people."

The Director of Mental Health can give some of their jobs to other people, like Directors of Area Mental Health Services or compulsory care co-ordinators. You can read about these jobs in sections like 86AAB, 86AAC, and 86AAD. These people can then do those jobs as if they were given the jobs directly. The Director of Mental Health can tell these people how to do the jobs and can take the jobs back at any time. A compulsory care co-ordinator is someone who helps people with intellectual disabilities, as described in section 5(1) of the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003. A Director of Area Mental Health Services is someone who is in charge of mental health services in a certain area, as described in section 92 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992. When the Director of Mental Health gives someone a job, they must write it down and they can take the job back at any time.

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Part 5Registration of electors
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86AAGDelegation of Director of Mental Health’s functions under sections 86AAB, 86AAC, and 86AAD

The Director of Mental Health may delegate to 1 or more Directors of Area Mental Health Services or compulsory care co-ordinators any or all of the functions of the Director of Mental Health under sections 86AAB, 86AAC, and 86AAD.
Subject to any directions or conditions imposed by the Director of Mental Health, a Director of Area Mental Health Services or compulsory care co-ordinator to whom the functions of the Director of Mental Health are delegated under this section may carry out those functions in the same manner and with the same effect as if they had been conferred on the Director of Area Mental Health Services or compulsory care co-ordinator directly by sections 86AAB, 86AAC, and 86AAD.
A delegation must be in writing and may be revoked at any time.
In this section,—
compulsory care co-ordinator means a co-ordinator within the meaning of section 5(1) of the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Director of Area Mental Health Services means a person appointed as a Director of Area Mental Health Services under section 92 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992.

Notes

Section 86AAG: inserted, on 20 December 2025, by section 12 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 82).