Victorian Current Acts

DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 149

    (1)     A disability service provider or a registered NDIS provider must not use a regulated restrictive practice on a person in respect of whom this Part applies except in accordance with—

        (a)     section 135; or

        (b)     section 137; or

        (c)     section 145.

Penalty:     240 penalty units.

    (2)     Except in accordance with section 145, a disability service provider or a registered NDIS provider must not use restrictive practices on a person in respect of whom this Part applies if the Senior Practitioner has not approved the appointment of the provider's Authorised Program Officer.

Penalty:     240 penalty units.

Part 8—Compulsory treatment

Pt 8 Div. 1AA (Heading and s. 150A) inserted by No. 22/2012 s. 69.

Division 1AA—Preliminary

S. 150A inserted by No. 22/2012 s. 69, amended by No. 9/2023 s. 48 (ILA s. 39B(1)).