New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT ACT 2007

- As at 21 March 2024 
- Act 7 of 2007 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objects of Act
   4.      Application of Act
   5.      Definitions

   PART 2 - INVOLUNTARY DETENTION AND TREATMENT

   6.      General restriction on involuntary detention
   7.      Accredited medical practitioners
   8.      Declaration of treatment centres
   9.      Assessing persons for detention and treatment
   10.     Order for assessment
   11.     Assistance of interpreters
   12.     If certificate not issued, advice must be given
   13.     Nomination of primary carer
   14.     Length of initial detention and review of dependency certificate
   15.     Treatment of dependent persons
   16.     Information to be given to dependent person
   17.     Notice to primary carer about detention
   18.     Notice to dependent person of appeal rights
   19.     Notice to primary carer of events affecting dependent person
   20.     Transporting dependent person to treatment centre
   21.     Leave of absence on compassionate, medical or other grounds
   22.     Apprehension of persons not permitted to be absent from treatment centre
   23.     Police assistance
   24.     Discharge from treatment centre
   25.     Discharge and other planning

   PART 3 - OFFICIAL VISITORS

   26.     Principal official visitor
   27.     Official visitors
   28.     Provisions relating to the principal official visitor and official visitors
   29.     Inspections of alcohol or drug dependency treatment centre by official visitors
   30.     Obligations to facilitate exercise of functions by official visitors
   31.     Reports to Minister
   32.     Request by patient or other person to see official visitor
   33.     Official visitors not personally liable

   PART 4 - REVIEW AND EXTENSION OF DEPENDENCY CERTIFICATES

   34.     Reviewing issue of dependency certificates
   35.     Applying for extension of dependency certificates
   36.     Consideration of applications to extend detention and treatment under dependency certificates
   37.     Proceedings to be informal
   38.     Adjournments
   39.     Production of evidence
   40.     Inspection etc of medical records
   41.     Publication of names
   42.     Record of proceedings
   43.     Procedure generally
   44.     Contempt
   45.     Appeal to Civil and Administrative Tribunal

   PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

   46.     Restrictions on holding joint offices
   47.     Disclosure of information
   48.     Act does not limit or affect other powers
   49.     Liability of police officers and health care professionals exercising functions under this Act
   49A.    Prohibition on use of spit hoods
   50.     Service of documents
   51.     Approved forms
   52.     Role of objects provisions
   53.     Nature of proceedings for offences
   54.     Amendment of Schedule 1 (Substances)
   55.     Regulations
           55A, 56. (Repealed)
   57.     Review of Act
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4