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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Assessment

15: Application requirements

You could also call this:

"What you need to do to apply for a compulsory assessment for someone with a substance addiction"

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When you make an application, the Area Director gets it and checks if it meets the rules. You must be 18 years or older to make an application and you must have seen the person you want to be assessed within the last 5 days. You need to say why you think the person has a severe substance addiction.

You must sign and date the application and include either a medical certificate under section 17 or a memorandum under section 18. The application is made when the Area Director receives it and it meets all these rules. You have to follow these steps to make a proper application.

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Part 2Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction
Assessment

15Application requirements

  1. An application is made when the Area Director receives an application that complies with this section.

  2. An application must—

  3. state that the applicant is 18 years of age or over; and
    1. state that the applicant has personally seen the person whom the applicant seeks to have assessed within the 5 days immediately before the date the application is made; and
      1. state the grounds on which the applicant believes that the person whom the applicant seeks to have assessed has a severe substance addiction; and
        1. be dated and signed by the applicant; and
          1. be accompanied by—
            1. a medical certificate under section 17; or
              1. a memorandum under section 18.

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