Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Reviews of condition and status of care recipients - Initial review of care and rehabilitation plan or compulsory care order

72: Co-ordinator to report to Family Court on appropriateness of order and plan

You could also call this:

"The co-ordinator checks if a care plan is still right for someone with an intellectual disability and reports back to the Family Court."

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When you are looking after someone with an intellectual disability, a co-ordinator must check if the care plan is still suitable. They do this six months after the plan is approved under section 24(2). The co-ordinator then writes a report for the Family Court about whether the care plan is still right for the person.

If the person has a compulsory care order, the co-ordinator must also say in the report if they think the order is still suitable. The report must include a copy of the latest certificate about the person's condition under section 79, and copies of any relevant reports from specialist assessors.

The co-ordinator might not have to write the report if the person's court order is very short, or if they are about to ask the court to cancel the order. If the court order is for six months or less, the report is due two months after the order is made.

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Part 6Reviews of condition and status of care recipients
Initial review of care and rehabilitation plan or compulsory care order

72Co-ordinator to report to Family Court on appropriateness of order and plan

Six months after the approval under section 24(2) of the care and rehabilitation plan of a care recipient, the co-ordinator must present a report to the Family Court on the continued appropriateness of the contents of the care and rehabilitation plan.
If the care recipient is subject to a compulsory care order, the co-ordinator must also include in the report an assessment of the continued appropriateness of the order.
The report presented under subsection (1) must be accompanied by—
a copy of the most recent certificate under section 79 as to the care recipient's condition; and
copies of any relevant reports from the specialist assessor who gave that certificate and other specialist assessors involved in the case.

Despite subsection (1), if a care recipient's court order lasts for not more than 6 months, then the report under that subsection is due not later than 2 months after the date of that order.
If the co-ordinator has applied, or is about to apply, to the court for the cancellation of a care recipient's compulsory care order, the co-ordinator is not required to present a report under subsection (1).