DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT ACT 2007 - As at 21 March 2024 - Act 7 of 2007

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Objects of Act
• 4 Application of Act
• 5 Definitions

PART 2 - INVOLUNTARY DETENTION AND TREATMENT

• 6 General restriction on involuntary detention
• 7 Accredited medical practitioners
• 8 Declaration of treatment centres
• 9 Assessing persons for detention and treatment
• 10 Order for assessment
• 11 Assistance of interpreters
• 12 If certificate not issued, advice must be given
• 13 Nomination of primary carer
• 14 Length of initial detention and review of dependency certificate
• 15 Treatment of dependent persons
• 16 Information to be given to dependent person
• 17 Notice to primary carer about detention
• 18 Notice to dependent person of appeal rights
• 19 Notice to primary carer of events affecting dependent person
• 20 Transporting dependent person to treatment centre
• 21 Leave of absence on compassionate, medical or other grounds
• 22 Apprehension of persons not permitted to be absent from treatment centre
• 23 Police assistance
• 24 Discharge from treatment centre
• 25 Discharge and other planning

PART 3 - OFFICIAL VISITORS

• 26 Principal official visitor
• 27 Official visitors
• 28 Provisions relating to the principal official visitor and official visitors
• 29 Inspections of alcohol or drug dependency treatment centre by official visitors
• 30 Obligations to facilitate exercise of functions by official visitors
• 31 Reports to Minister
• 32 Request by patient or other person to see official visitor
• 33 Official visitors not personally liable

PART 4 - REVIEW AND EXTENSION OF DEPENDENCY CERTIFICATES

• 34 Reviewing issue of dependency certificates
• 35 Applying for extension of dependency certificates
• 36 Consideration of applications to extend detention and treatment under dependency certificates
• 37 Proceedings to be informal
• 38 Adjournments
• 39 Production of evidence
• 40 Inspection etc of medical records
• 41 Publication of names
• 42 Record of proceedings
• 43 Procedure generally
• 44 Contempt
• 45 Appeal to Civil and Administrative Tribunal

PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

• 46 Restrictions on holding joint offices
• 47 Disclosure of information
• 48 Act does not limit or affect other powers
• 49 Liability of police officers and health care professionals exercising functions under this Act
• 49A Prohibition on use of spit hoods
• 50 Service of documents
• 51 Approved forms
• 52 Role of objects provisions
• 53 Nature of proceedings for offences
• 54 Amendment of Schedule 1 (Substances)
• 55 Regulations
55A, 56. (Repealed)
• 57 Review of Act
• SCHEDULE 1
• SCHEDULE 2
• SCHEDULE 3
• SCHEDULE 4