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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Status and rights of care recipients - Requirement to stay in designated facilities or places - Leave for special care recipients

67B: When victims must be notified of impending decision under section 66

You could also call this:

"Telling victims about decisions on a special care recipient's leave"

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If the Director-General of Health has to decide about a special care recipient's leave under section 66(1), you need to know what happens next. The Director-General must tell a victim that they are making a decision about the leave. They must also explain the process for granting leave and how the victim can be part of that process.

The Director-General has to explain how leave is decided under section 66 and what the victim can do to participate. This means the victim gets to know what is happening and can have a say in the decision.

The Director-General must take all reasonable steps to make sure the victim is informed and involved in the process.

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Part 5Status and rights of care recipients
Requirement to stay in designated facilities or places: Leave for special care recipients

67BWhen victims must be notified of impending decision under section 66

  1. This section applies if the Director-General of Health is required to decide whether to support the proposed leave of a special care recipient under section 66(1).

  2. The Director-General must take all reasonable steps to—

  3. give notice to a victim that the Director-General is required to decide whether to support the proposed leave of a special care recipient under section 66(1); and
    1. explain to the victim—
      1. the process under section 66 for granting a special care recipient a period of leave; and
        1. how the victim may participate in that process.

        Notes
        • Section 67B: inserted, on , by section 25 of the Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Act 2021 (2021 No 55).