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SEVERE SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE TREATMENT ACT 2010 - SECT 14

Certificate of available services

    (1)     As soon as possible before the hearing of the application for the detention and treatment order, the senior clinician or the manager of a treatment centre—

        (a)     who has been served under section 10(3)(b) with a copy of the application; or

        (b)     who has been requested under subsection (4)(a) to provide a certificate of available services—

must provide a certificate of available services to the Magistrates' Court.

    (2)     A certificate of available services provided under subsection (1) must give an outline of the facilities and services available at the treatment centre for the treatment of the person who is the subject of the application.

    (3)     Subsection (4) applies if—

        (a)     the senior clinician or the manager of a treatment centre has been served under section 10(3)(b) with a copy of an application for a detention and treatment order; and

        (b)     facilities or services for the treatment of the person are not available at the treatment centre.

    (4)     The senior clinician or the manager of the treatment centre must—

        (a)     request the senior clinician or the manager of a treatment centre where facilities and services for the treatment of the person are available to provide a certificate of available services to the Magistrates' Court; and

        (b)     notify the Magistrates' Court of the request as soon as is practicable.

Division 3—Hearing of application



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