Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Compulsory care and rehabilitation of prisoners and former special patients - Compulsory care orders for prisoners and former special patients - Applications for compulsory care orders

39: Conditions for applications under this subpart

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"Rules for asking for compulsory care for someone with an intellectual disability"

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You can apply for a compulsory care order under this subpart only for someone who is a prisoner or a former special patient, has been assessed under subpart 1 and Part 3, and has a completed care and rehabilitation plan. When the plan is completed, the co-ordinator decides whether to apply for a compulsory care order. The co-ordinator must make this decision based on the completed plan.

You will be notified in writing if the co-ordinator decides to apply for a compulsory care order for you. The co-ordinator must also notify your manager or the Director of Area Mental Health Services, your welfare guardian, your parents or guardians if you are a child or young person, your principal caregiver, your support person, your lawyer, your care manager, and the responsible district inspector. These people will receive a written notice of the decision.

The co-ordinator must sign and date the notice they give you. If the co-ordinator decides not to apply for a compulsory care order for you and you are not in the control of your manager or the Director of Area Mental Health Services, the co-ordinator must return you to their control. This means you will go back to being in the care of the person who was responsible for you before.

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Part 4Compulsory care and rehabilitation of prisoners and former special patients
Compulsory care orders for prisoners and former special patients: Applications for compulsory care orders

39Conditions for applications under this subpart

  1. An application for a compulsory care order may be made under this subpart only for a proposed care recipient—

  2. who is a prisoner or a former special patient; and
    1. who has been assessed under subpart 1 and Part 3; and
      1. for whom a care and rehabilitation plan has been completed.
        1. When the proposed care recipient's care and rehabilitation plan has been completed, the co-ordinator must decide whether to apply for a compulsory care order for the proposed care recipient.

        2. When the co-ordinator has made a decision under subsection (2), the co-ordinator must notify in writing the following persons of the decision:

        3. the proposed care recipient:
          1. the appropriate manager or the Director of Area Mental Health Services, as the case requires:
            1. any welfare guardian of the proposed care recipient:
              1. if the proposed care recipient is a child or young person, each parent or guardian of the child or young person:
                1. the principal caregiver of the proposed care recipient:
                  1. any support person of the proposed care recipient:
                    1. any lawyer of the proposed care recipient:
                      1. the care manager of the proposed care recipient:
                        1. the responsible district inspector.
                          1. The co-ordinator must sign and date a notice given under subsection (3).

                          2. If the co-ordinator decides not to apply for a compulsory care order for a person who, at the time of the decision, is not in the control of the appropriate manager or Director of Area Mental Health Services, as the case requires, the co-ordinator must return the person to the control of the appropriate person.

                          Notes
                          • Section 39(1)(a): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).
                          • Section 39(3)(b): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).
                          • Section 39(5): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).