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STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 32G
Work and development orders
(1) A
"work and development order" is an order requiring a person to undertake any
of the following to satisfy all or part of the WDO eligible amount of the
person’s SPER debt— (a) unpaid work for, or on behalf of, an approved
sponsor;
(b) medical or mental health treatment under an approved sponsor’s
treatment plan provided by a health practitioner;
(c) an educational,
vocational or life skills course as decided by an approved sponsor;
(d)
financial or other counselling as decided by an approved sponsor;
(e) drug or
alcohol treatment as decided by an approved sponsor;
(f) if the person is
under 25 years of age—a mentoring program as decided by an approved sponsor;
(g) if the person is an Aborigine or a Torres Strait Islander and lives in a
remote area—a culturally appropriate program as decided by an approved
sponsor.
(2) A work and development order must be in the approved form and
state— (a) the amount of a person’s SPER debt that is to be satisfied by
complying with the order; and
(b) the activities that must be undertaken to
comply with the order.
(3) In this section—
"health practitioner" means— (a) a medical practitioner; or
(b) a
psychologist within the meaning of the Health Practitioner Regulation National
Law ; or
(c) a registered health practitioner endorsed by the Nursing and
Midwifery Board of Australia as a nurse practitioner under the Health
Practitioner Regulation National Law .
"registered health practitioner" see the Health Practitioner Regulation
National Law , section 5 .
"remote area" means an area of the State prescribed by regulation.
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