SENTENCING ACT 1991 - SECT 8E Drug and alcohol assessment report

SENTENCING ACT 1991 - SECT 8E

    (1)     If a court is considering making a community correction order the court may order a drug and alcohol assessment report if the court is satisfied that the offender had a drug or alcohol dependency that contributed to the offender's criminal behaviour.

    (2)     If a court orders a drug and alcohol assessment report under subsection (1), it must be prepared by an approved drug and alcohol assessment agency.

    (3)     The purpose of a drug and alcohol assessment report is—

        (a)     to assess whether the offender has a drug or alcohol dependency; and

        (b)     to make recommendations as to his or her suitability to undergo treatment and rehabilitation under a community correction order.

    (4)     A drug and alcohol assessment report may set out any matters which, on investigation, appear to the author of the report to be relevant to the assessment of the offender and are readily ascertainable by him or her.

    (5)     The author of a drug and alcohol assessment report must conduct any investigation that he or she thinks appropriate or that is directed by the court.

S. 8F inserted by No. 65/2011 s. 7.