Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE ACT 1989 - SECT 143

    (1)     If the conditions of a treatment order require the attendance of an offender before a panel to review the treatment being undergone by the offender, the director shall refer the matter to a panel for that purpose.

    (2)     A panel shall, by writing signed by the presiding member stating the reasons for the decision—

        (a)     direct that any treatment being undergone by the offender be varied in a specified way, but not so as to extend or reduce the period of treatment; or

        (b)     recommend that the period of the treatment be extended or reduced by a period specified in the instrument, or that the order be revoked; or

        (c)     recommend that no action be taken in relation to the treatment or the order.

    (3)     The presiding member of a panel shall give a copy of the instrument made under subsection (2), together with a copy of any notice under section 145 of an approved treatment centre's assessment of the offender, to the offender, the responsible officer, a police officer, and—

        (a)     if the panel directs that the offender attend another approved treatment centre for treatment—the director, the proper officer of the court that made the relevant treatment order and the person in charge of that other centre; and

        (b)     if the panel does not direct that the offender attend another approved treatment centre for treatment—the person in charge of the approved treatment centre the offender is currently attending; and

        (c)     for a recommendation referred to in subsection (2) (b)—the director.

    (4)     A panel may only make a direction referred to in subsection (2) (a) with the consent of—

        (a)     the relevant offender; and

        (b)     if the panel does not direct that the offender attend another approved treatment centre for treatment—the person in charge of the approved treatment centre the offender is currently attending.

    (5)     If a panel makes a recommendation referred to in subsection (2) (b), the director shall apply under section 129 to the relevant court for an order in terms of that recommendation.