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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Status and rights of care recipients - General status and specific rights - Specific rights of care recipients

49: General rights to information

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"You have the right to know what's happening to you and what the law says about your care."

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When a court order is made about you, your care manager must explain your rights to you in a way you can understand. They must tell you about the rights that apply to you under this Act. Your care manager must also give your guardian or main caregiver a written statement of your rights.

Your care manager must keep you informed about your rights, including your legal status and your right to have your condition reviewed by a specialist assessor in accordance with section 77. They must also tell you about your right to seek a judicial inquiry under section 102 and the roles of district inspectors.

Your care manager must also keep your guardian or main caregiver informed about these matters, so they know what is happening and what your rights are.

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Part 5Status and rights of care recipients
General status and specific rights: Specific rights of care recipients

49General rights to information

  1. As soon as a court order (as defined in section 5) is made in respect of a care recipient, the care recipient's care manager must—

  2. explain to the care recipient, in a manner that the care recipient is most likely to understand, the care recipient's rights under this Act, including, so far as applicable, the rights specified in subsection (2); and
    1. give a guardian of the care recipient or, if the care recipient does not have a guardian, the care recipient's principal caregiver a written statement of the care recipient's rights.

      1. A care recipient's care manager must keep the care recipient informed, in a manner that the care recipient is most likely to understand, of his or her rights as a care recipient and, in particular, about—

      2. the care recipient's legal status as a care recipient; and
        1. the care recipient's right to have his or her condition reviewed by a specialist assessor in accordance with section 77; and
          1. the care recipient's right to seek a judicial inquiry under section 102; and
            1. the functions and duties of district inspectors designated under this Act.

              1. A care manager of a care recipient must also keep the care recipient's guardian, or, if the care recipient does not have a guardian, the care recipient's principal care giver informed of the matters stated in subsection (2).

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