South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts25—Certain State authorities to have suicide prevention action plan
(1) There is to be a
plan (a "suicide prevention action plan") for each prescribed State authority.
(2) A
suicide prevention action plan is to be prepared by a prescribed
State authority in accordance with this section.
(3) A
suicide prevention action plan must—
(a) set
out the strategies and measures that the prescribed State authority intends to
put in place to prevent suicide by—
(i)
officers or employees of the prescribed State authority;
and
(ii)
members of the community that engage with the
prescribed State authority; and
(b)
explain how the prescribed State authority proposes to further the objects of
this Act; and
(c)
explain how the prescribed State authority proposes to give effect to the
State Suicide Prevention Plan; and
(d)
explain how the prescribed State authority proposes to give effect to the part
of the State Suicide Prevention Plan required under section 21; and
(e) set
out the prescribed State authority's policies in relation to supporting
officers and employees of the prescribed State authority, or members of the
community that engage with the prescribed State authority, following the death
by suicide of a person; and
(f)
explain how suicide prevention strategies will be incorporated into the
primary functions and programs of the prescribed State authority and how they
will be adapted to suit service level delivery; and
(g)
contain such other provisions as may be required by the guidelines or the
regulations.
(4) In preparing a
suicide prevention action plan, a prescribed State authority—
(a) must
comply with the guidelines; and
(b)
must, in accordance with any requirements set out in the regulations, consult
with—
(i)
persons who identify as being within a
priority population group; and
(ii)
persons who have lived experience of suicide; and
(iii)
persons who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander; and
(iv)
persons or bodies who represent persons or groups
specified in a preceding subparagraph; and
(v)
any person or body prescribed by the regulations,
and may consult with any other person or body that the prescribed State
authority thinks appropriate; and
(c) must
call for submissions from members of the public in accordance with the scheme
set out in the regulations (and must have regard to the submissions made in
response to the call); and
(d) must
comply with any other requirements prescribed by the regulations.
(5) A
prescribed State authority may vary or substitute its suicide
prevention action plan at any time in accordance with any requirements
prescribed by the regulations.
(6) A
prescribed State authority must, as soon as is practicable after preparing,
varying or substituting a suicide prevention action plan, publish the
suicide prevention action plan or the variation or substitution of the suicide
prevention action plan (as the case may be) on a website determined by the
prescribed State authority.
(7) A
prescribed State authority must cause a review of their suicide
prevention action plan to be conducted on or before 31 October in every
fourth year after the publication of the prescribed State authority's first
prevention plan.
(8) The regulations
may make further provisions with regard to suicide prevention action plans
(including, to avoid doubt, the suicide prevention action plan of a particular
prescribed State authority) including, without limiting the generality of this
subsection, provisions relating to—
(a) how
suicide prevention action plans are to be prepared and reviewed; and
(b) the
form of suicide prevention action plans and any variation or substitutions of
suicide prevention action plans; and
(c) the
kinds of information to be included in suicide prevention action plans; and
(d)
consultation requirements relating to suicide prevention action plans; and
(e)
requirements as to the ongoing review of suicide prevention action plans; and
(f)
variation or substitution of suicide prevention action plans,
including provisions limiting a matter referred to in a preceding paragraph.
(9) In this
section—
"prescribed State authority" means a State authority prescribed by the
regulations for the purposes of this section.