Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Rights of patients - Rights applicable to all patients
60: Right to receive and send mail and electronic communications
You could also call this:
"You have the right to send and receive letters and messages privately"
You have the right to get and send mail and electronic communications privately.
You can receive and send mail, and you can also receive and send electronic communications.
You can only send and receive electronic communications if you have a computer or device that lets you do this.
You can use a computer or electronic device to send and receive electronic communications if you have one.
This means you can send emails or messages to people if you have a device that allows it.
Your right to send and receive electronic communications is subject to section 61.
You should know that there are some rules that might affect your rights, which are explained in section 61.
These rules are part of the law that applies to you.
The law says that your rights to send and receive mail and electronic communications are subject to section 61.
61: Checking and withholding mail and electronic communications, or
"Staff can check and control your mail and messages at a treatment centre to keep you and others safe."
Part 2Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction Rights of patients: Rights applicable to all patients
60Right to receive and send mail and electronic communications
Every patient is entitled to receive and to send, in a manner that safeguards the patient's privacy,—
mail; and
electronic communications.
Subsection (1)(b) applies only if the patient has, or has access to, a computer or electronic device that enables electronic communications to be received and sent.
