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VOLATILE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION ACT - SECT 31A

Treatment program

    (1)     A treatment program is a program of treatment or intervention appropriate for a person at risk of severe harm.

    (2)     A treatment program may provide a person at risk of severe harm with any of the following:

        (a)     treatment for withdrawal, stabilisation, rehabilitation or aftercare;

        (b)     therapeutic, health, diversionary or educational intervention;

        (c)     any other type of treatment or intervention intended to alleviate the severe harm;

        (d)     a combination of any treatment or intervention mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).

    (3)     A person at risk of severe harm may participate in any component of a treatment program:

        (a)     at a residential facility or any other place; or

        (b)     by taking part in a treatment or intervention that is not specific to a particular place (for example, a diversionary intervention involving travelling through an area of the Territory).



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