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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Procedural provisions - Persons entitled to be heard

132: Care recipient to be given copy of order

You could also call this:

"You get a copy of the court's decision about your care."

Illustration for Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

When a court makes an order about you under this Act, the court's Registrar must give you a copy of the order. The Registrar must also give a copy to your lawyer and any guardian you have. This means you will get to see the order the court has made about your care.

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Part 9Procedural provisions
Persons entitled to be heard

132Care recipient to be given copy of order

  1. After a court has made an order on an application under this Act, the Registrar of the court must give or send the care recipient and the care recipient's lawyer and any guardian of the care recipient a copy of the order.