128. Mental health treatment requirement.

'Mental health treatment requirement', in relation to a community order or a suspended sentence order¹, means a requirement that the offender must submit, during a period or periods specified in the order, to treatment² by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner or a registered psychologist (or both, for different periods) with a view to the improvement of the offender's mental condition³.

A court may not include a mental health treatment requirement unless:

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   (1)     the court is satisfied that the mental condition of the offender is such as requires and may be susceptible to treatment