DECLARED PLACES (MENTALLY IMPAIRED ACCUSED) ACT 2015
Table of Provisions
PART 1 -- Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Terms used
- 4 Act binds Crown
PART 2 -- Principles and objectives
- 5 Principles applicable to residents
- 6 Objectives for programmes and services
PART 3 -- Residents’ rights
- 7 Rights under other laws
- 8 Explanation of resident’s rights
- 9 Freedom of lawful communication
- 10 Restricting freedom of communication
PART 4 -- Individual development plans
- 11 Residents to have individual development plans
- 12 Preparation, review, change of individual development plan
- 13 Content of individual development plans
- 14 Review of individual development plans
PART 5 -- Protection of residents
- 15 Certain incidents to be reported
- 16 Residents not to be ill-treated
- 17 Treatment decisions on behalf of residents
PART 6 -- Functions of CEO
- 18 CEO’s functions as to residents
- 19 CEO’s functions as to declared places
- 20 Delegation of CEO’s functions
PART 7 -- Management of declared places
- 21 Terms used
- 22 Powers to control and manage declared places
- 23 General powers in relation to residents
- 24 Searching people and seizing things
PART 8 -- Regulation of behaviour management
Division 1 -- Behaviour management medication
- 25 Terms used
- 26 Administration of behaviour management medication
- 27 Records of behaviour management medication
Division 2 -- Restraint
- 28 Term used: restraint
- 29 Approval of restraint devices
- 30 Restraint to be authorised
- 31 Restraint to be in accordance with authorisation
- 32 Records about restraint
Division 3 -- Seclusion
- 33 Term used: seclusion
- 34 Seclusion to be authorised
- 35 Seclusion to be in accordance with authorisation
- 36 Records about seclusion
Division 4 -- General provisions about regulated behaviour management
- 37 Term used: regulated behaviour management
- 38 Police officers’ powers not affected
- 39 Consent not required
- 40 General restrictions on regulated behaviour management
- 41 Welfare of residents during and after regulated behaviour management
- 42 Chief advocate to receive information about regulated behaviour management
- 43 Review of use of regulated behaviour management
PART 9 -- Contracts for declared place services
- 44 Contracts for declared place services
- 45 Minimum matters to be included in contracts
- 46 Minimum standards
- 47 Penalty for breach
- 48 Access to certain declared places, persons and documents
- 49 Annual reports and tabling of contracts
- 50 No contracting out
PART 10 -- Advocacy services for residents
- 51 Terms used
- 52 Residents’ rights as to visits or other contact
- 53 Advocate functions
- 54 Advocate powers
- 55 Offences
- 56 Advocate reports
PART 11 -- Miscellaneous matters
- 57 Provision of information about residents: Board and CEO
- 58 Provision of information about residents: CEO and others
- 59 Confidentiality of information about residents
- 60 Reports about declared places
- 61 Protection from personal liability
- 62 Laying documents before Parliament
- 63 Regulations
- 64 Review of this Act
PART 12 -- Consequential amendments to other Acts
Division 3 -- Amendments to other Acts
