What is the Mental Health Review Board
The Mental Health Review Board (the Board) is an independent quasi-judicial review body established under Part 6 of the Mental Health Act 1996 (the Act) which commenced operation in November 1997. Members of the Board are required to be either legal practitioners, psychiatrists or persons who are neither legal practitioners nor psychiatrists, who are known as community members, and are appointed by the Governor, on recommendation of the Minister: section 126.