Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Administration and public assistance - Office holders

86: Director of Addiction Services

You could also call this:

"The person in charge of making sure the Substance Addiction law is followed"

Illustration for Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

The Director-General of Health must appoint a Director of Addiction Services under the Public Service Act 2020. You can think of the Director as the person in charge of making sure this law is followed. The Director is responsible for the general administration of this law under the direction of the Minister and the Director-General of Health.

The Director has some important jobs to do, like visiting treatment centres to check they are working well. The Director can visit a treatment centre at any time without warning, and they must be allowed to go anywhere in the centre and see any patient.

When the Director visits a treatment centre, some special rules apply, which are explained in Section 99(2) and (3). These rules help the Director do their job properly.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM6609240.

Topics:
Health and wellbeing > Mental healthHealth and wellbeing > Public healthGovernment and voting > Government departments
Previous

85: Appeals from decisions of Family Court, or

"Challenging a Family Court decision about someone with a severe substance addiction"

Next

87: Director may delegate functions, duties, and powers, or

"The boss can give some jobs to someone else to help with their work."

Part 2Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction
Administration and public assistance: Office holders

86Director of Addiction Services

  1. The Director-General of Health must appoint, under the Public Service Act 2020, a Director of Addiction Services.

  2. The Director is responsible for the general administration of this Act under the direction of the Minister and the Director-General of Health.

  3. For the purposes of performing his or her functions, the Director—

  4. may, at any time and without previous notice, visit any treatment centre; and
    1. must be given access to every part of the treatment centre and to every patient in it.

      1. Section 99(2) and (3) applies in relation to a Director’s visit to a treatment centre under subsection (3) as if the Director were a district inspector.

      Notes
      • Section 86(1): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).