Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Reviews of condition and status of care recipients - Status of certain special care recipients - Special care recipients detained because acquitted on account of insanity

93: Where person considered not to require further care as special care recipient

You could also call this:

"When you don't need special care anymore, a certificate is sent to the Minister to say so."

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If you are a special care recipient, a certificate might be written about you. This certificate says you do not need special care anymore. The person in charge, called the co-ordinator, sends this certificate to the Minister.

The co-ordinator sends the certificate to the Minister for a reason, which is to do with section 33 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003. When the co-ordinator sends the certificate, they can also add their thoughts or suggestions. The co-ordinator can say what they think is best for you.

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92: Form of clinical review certificate for special care recipients detained because acquitted on account of insanity, or

"Certificate to check if special care is still needed for people found not guilty due to insanity"

94: Status of special care recipients found unfit to stand trial or insane, or

"What happens if you're too unwell for a trial and need special care"

Part 6Reviews of condition and status of care recipients
Status of certain special care recipients: Special care recipients detained because acquitted on account of insanity

93Where person considered not to require further care as special care recipient

If a certificate in the form required by section 92 states the opinion specified in subsection (2)(b) of that section, the co-ordinator must forward the certificate to the Minister for the purposes of section 33 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003.
In forwarding a certificate to the Minister, under subsection (1), the co-ordinator may add any comments or recommendations that the co-ordinator considers appropriate.