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

75: Family Court may call for reports

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"The Family Court can ask for information to help make decisions about your care."

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When you are involved in a review under section 74, the Family Court can ask for reports from certain people. The Court can ask the co-ordinator, the care manager, the responsible district inspector, or a specialist assessor to provide a report. The Court can also get a second opinion from a different specialist assessor, not the one who wrote the certificate mentioned in section 72(3)(a).

The Family Court can also ask these people to come to Court and give evidence. They might also have to bring documents with them. This helps the Court make a decision about your care.

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74: Review by Family Court, or

"The Family Court checks if a care plan is right for someone with an intellectual disability."

76: Family Court may make recommendations, or

"The Family Court can suggest what it thinks will help you to the people in charge."

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

75Family Court may call for reports

For the purposes of a review under section 74, the Family Court—
may call for reports from the co-ordinator, the care manager, the responsible district inspector, or any specialist assessor concerned in the case; and
may obtain a second opinion from a specialist assessor other than the specialist assessor who issued the certificate referred to in section 72(3)(a); and
may require any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) to give evidence and to produce documents.