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DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 152

Admission to a residential treatment facility

    (1)     A person with a disability may only be admitted to a residential treatment facility if the Secretary is satisfied that—

        (a)     the person has an intellectual disability; and

        (b)     the person presents a serious risk of violence to another person; and

        (c)     all less restrictive options have been tried or considered and are not suitable; and

        (d)     the residential treatment facility can provide services for the treatment of the person with a disability and that treatment is suitable for that person; and

        (e)     the Senior Practitioner has been notified of the proposed admission; and

        (f)     an order specified under subsection (2) applies to the person enabling compulsory treatment to be provided.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1)(f), the following orders are specified—

        (a)     a residential treatment order made under the Sentencing Act 1991 ;

        (b)     a parole order made under the Corrections Act 1986 ;

S. 152(2)(c) amended by No. 55/2014 s. 146.

        (c)     a custodial supervision order made under section 26 or 38ZH of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 ;

        (d)     an order transferring the person from a prison under section 166 ;

S. 152(2)(e) amended by No. 91/2009 s. 219(Sch.  3 item 1.1).

        (e)     an extended supervision order made under the Serious Sex Offenders Monitoring Act 2005 ;

S. 152(2)(f) inserted by No. 91/2009 s. 219(Sch.  3 item 1.2), amended by Nos 29/2011 s. 3(Sch.  1 item 28.1), 27/2018 s. 358(2).

        (f)     a supervision order or interim supervision order within the meaning of the Serious Offenders Act 2018 .

S. 152(3) amended by No. 91/2009 s. 219(Sch.  3 item 1.3).

    (3)     An order specified in subsection (2)(b), (2)(e) or (2)(f) cannot provide for the admission of the person in respect of whom it is made to a residential treatment facility unless the Secretary has provided a statement to the relevant person or body specifying that—

        (a)     treatment is available in the residential treatment facility; and

        (b)     the person satisfies the criteria specified in subsections (1)(a) to (1)(e); and

        (c)     admission to the residential treatment facility is appropriate in the circumstances.

S. 152(4) inserted by No. 91/2009 s. 219(Sch.  3 item 1.4).

    (4)     In subsection (3), relevant person or body means—

S. 152(4)(a) amended by No. 57/2017 s. 48(2)(a).

        (a)     in the case of an order specified in subsection (2)(b)—the Adult Parole Board; and

S. 152(4)(ab) inserted by No. 57/2017 s. 48(2)(b).

        (ab)     in the case of an order specified in subsection (2)(e), the Post Sentence Authority; and

S. 152(4)(b) amended by No. 19/2019 s. 9.

        (b)     in the case of an order specified in subsection (2)(f)—the Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety.



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