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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

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

74: Responsibility of district inspector on application

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"What the district inspector does when someone applies to the court about your substance addiction"

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When someone applies to the court about you because of a substance addiction problem, the district inspector gets involved. The district inspector talks to you to find out if you want them to go to court and say something about your application. They then decide whether to go to court and talk about your application, thinking about what you told them. The district inspector tries to talk to you in person when finding out what you think. They make a decision about going to court based on what you say.

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

74Responsibility of district inspector on application

  1. On being served with an application, the district inspector must—

  2. communicate with the patient and find out, if possible, whether the patient wants the district inspector to appear before the court to be heard on the application; and
    1. decide, having regard to any views expressed by the patient, whether the district inspector should appear before the court to be heard on the application.

      1. For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the district inspector must, so far as practicable, communicate with the patient orally.