Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 151C

151C Purpose of part and treatment orders

(1) The purpose of this part is to provide for the making of drug and alcohol treatment orders.

(2) The purpose of making a drug and alcohol treatment order for an offender is to—

(a) facilitate the rehabilitation of the offender by providing a judicially supervised, therapeutically oriented, integrated treatment regime; and

(b) reduce the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and

(c) reduce the level of criminal activity associated with the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and

(d) reduce the health risks to the offender that are associated with the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and

(e) assist with the offender’s integration into the community.