CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 106B Objects of compulsory drug treatment

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 106B

106B Objects of compulsory drug treatment

The objects of compulsory drug treatment are--

(a) to provide a comprehensive program of compulsory treatment and rehabilitation under judicial supervision for drug dependent persons who repeatedly resort to criminal activity to support that dependency, and

(b) to effectively treat those persons for drug dependency, eliminating their illicit drug use while in the program and reducing the likelihood of relapse on release, and

(c) to promote the re-integration of those persons into the community, and

(d) to prevent and reduce crime by reducing those persons' need to resort to criminal activity to support their dependency.