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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Compulsory care and rehabilitation of prisoners and former special patients - Assessment of prisoners and former special patients

31: Application to be accompanied by certificate

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"Include a doctor's or psychologist's certificate with your application"

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When you make an application under section 29, you must include a certificate from a medical practitioner or a psychologist. They must have examined the person you are applying for within the last three days. You can find more information about what a medical practitioner or psychologist is in other parts of the law.

The certificate must say that the medical practitioner or psychologist has examined the person and give the date of the examination. It must also say that they think the person might have an intellectual disability and explain why they think that. The reasons they give must show why they believe the person's condition might fit the definition of intellectual disability, which you can find in section 7.

The person giving the certificate must explain their reasons for thinking the person has an intellectual disability. This explanation must be based on the definition of intellectual disability in section 7. You can read about this definition by looking at section 7.

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31Application to be accompanied by certificate

  1. Every application under section 29 must be accompanied by a certificate of a person who—

  2. is a medical practitioner or a psychologist; and
    1. has examined the person to be assessed within the 3 days immediately before the date of the application.

      1. Every certificate given under subsection (1) must state—

      2. that the person giving the certificate is a medical practitioner or a psychologist and has examined the person to be assessed, and the date of the examination; and
        1. that, in the opinion of the person giving the certificate, there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person to be assessed may have an intellectual disability; and
          1. the reasons for that opinion, explaining why the person giving the certificate believes that the condition of the person to be assessed may come within the definition of the term intellectual disability in section 7.