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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

55: Right to company

You could also call this:

"You have the right to spend time with other people when you are getting care."

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If you are a care recipient, you have the right to be with other people. You are allowed to have the company of others. This right is affected by what is said in section 60.

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

55Right to company

  1. Every care recipient is entitled to the company of others.

  2. Subsection (1) is subject to section 60.