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DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 10
Order for assessment
10 Order for assessment
(1) This section applies if the accredited medical practitioner is unable to
access the person to conduct the assessment requested under section 9.
(2) A
Magistrate or authorised officer may, by order, authorise the
accredited medical practitioner to visit and assess the person to ascertain
whether a dependency certificate should be issued in relation to the person.
(3) However, the order may be made only if the Magistrate or officer is
satisfied, by evidence on oath, that-- (a) the person is likely to have a
severe substance dependence, and
(b) the person is likely to be in need of
protection from serious harm or others are likely to be in need of protection
from serious physical harm, and
(c) because of physical inaccessibility, the
person could not, but for the making of an order under this section, be
assessed, and
(d) the person is likely to benefit from the treatment.
(4)
The order may also authorise another person (including a police officer) who
may be required to assist the accredited medical practitioner in conducting
the assessment to accompany the accredited medical practitioner.
(5) The
accredited medical practitioner and any other person authorised under this
section may enter premises, if need be by force, to carry out the assessment.
(6) If a dependency certificate is issued in relation to the person assessed
under this section, the person may be detained in accordance with the
certificate for treatment under this Act.
(7) A person who takes action under
the order must, as soon as practicable after taking the action, give written
notice of the action taken to the person who made the order.
(8) In this
section--
"authorised officer" means an authorised officer within the meaning of the
Criminal Procedure Act 1986 .
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