Mental Treatment Act, 1945

PART XIII.

Approved Institutions.

Approval by order of the Minister.

158.—(1) The Minister may by order (in this section referred to as an approval order) approve of any institution or premises as an institution or premises for the reception of persons as temporary patients, or for the reception of persons as voluntary patients, or for the reception of persons as temporary patients and the reception of persons as voluntary patients.

(2) An application for an approval order shall be made by the person carrying on the institution or premises in respect of which the order is sought in the prescribed form and manner and shall contain the prescribed particulars.

(3) Where application is made for an approval order, the Minister may require the applicant to furnish such plans and other documents relating to the institution or premises in respect of which the order is sought as the Minister considers necessary for the consideration of the application.

(4) The Minister may cause an inspection to be made of an institution or premises in respect of which an approval order is sought and a report on the inspection to be furnished to him.

(5) The Minister may attach such conditions as he thinks proper to an approval order.

(6) The Minister may by order revoke an approval order for any reason which he considers sufficient, including, in particular, any breach of a condition attached thereto.