Community Consultations

The Government will be conducting a review into Tasmania’s Electoral Act and associated election laws. Have your say on the Terms of Reference for the review.

Have your say on proposed changes to the Mental Health Act 2018. The Mental Health Amendment Bill 2018 will remove the requirement for the Tribunal to conduct a mandatory review of a treatment order where a patient has complied with the treatment order and the decision to admit the patient is a clinical one to prevent possible harm.

Targeted consultation has been sought on the draft Bill. The consultation period closed on 14 May 2018 and 17 submissions were received during the consultation period. A further 4 submissions were received as late submissions. The submissions have raised a number of issues that are being carefully considered by the Tasmanian Government.