Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Reviews of condition and status of care recipients - Change in status of care recipient no longer subject to criminal justice system and special care recipients liable to detention under sentence - Continuation of compulsory care

85: Extension of compulsory care order

You could also call this:

"The court can extend your care time to keep you and others safe."

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The Family Court can extend a compulsory care order for you if the co-ordinator asks them to. This means the court can make you stay in care for a longer time. The court will look at your situation and decide what kind of care you need.

If you are not in the criminal justice system anymore, the court will think about whether you need supervised care or secure care. The court has to make this decision when they extend your compulsory care order. They will choose the type of care that is best for you and others.

The court can only order secure care for you if they think supervised care would be very dangerous for you or others. This is a big decision, and the court will think carefully about what is best. They want to keep you and others safe.

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84: Cancellation of court orders of certain care recipients, or

"The court can stop a care order if you don't need care anymore."

86: Co-ordinator may seek variation of compulsory care order, or

"A co-ordinator can ask the court to change a care plan to help keep someone safe."

Part 6Reviews of condition and status of care recipients
Change in status of care recipient no longer subject to criminal justice system and special care recipients liable to detention under sentence: Continuation of compulsory care

85Extension of compulsory care order

The Family Court may, on the application of the co-ordinator, extend the term of a care recipient's compulsory care order.
If the court extends a compulsory care order for a care recipient no longer subject to the criminal justice system, the court must consider and determine whether the care recipient must receive supervised care or secure care.
The court may order that a care recipient no longer subject to the criminal justice system receive secure care only if it considers that supervised care would pose a serious danger to the health or safety of the care recipient or of others.