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Corrections Act 2004

Transitional provisions - Drug and alcohol strategy

234: Drug and alcohol strategy issued under section 36B of Penal Institutions Act 1954

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"Plan to help prisoners with drug and alcohol problems"

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The law says that if a drug and alcohol strategy is issued under section 36B of the Penal Institutions Act 1954 within 3 years of this law starting, you will think of it as being issued under section 123 of this Act. You have to replace this strategy with a new one issued under section 123 of this Act within 5 years of it being issued under section 36B of the Penal Institutions Act 1954. This new strategy will follow the rules set out in section 123 of this Act, which you can find by following the link to section 123 of the Corrections Act 2004.

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Part 3Transitional provisions
Drug and alcohol strategy

234Drug and alcohol strategy issued under section 36B of Penal Institutions Act 1954

  1. Any drug and alcohol strategy issued under section 36B of the Penal Institutions Act 1954 within 3 years of the date of the commencement of this section—

  2. is deemed to have been issued under section 123 of this Act; but
    1. must be replaced with a new strategy issued under section 123 of this Act, within 5 years of the date on which the strategy was issued under section 36B of the Penal Institutions Act 1954.