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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

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

108: Certain sections of Crimes Act 1961 apply to powers to take and retake

You could also call this:

"Some arrest rules from the Crimes Act 1961 also apply when you're taken or retaken under the Substance Addiction Act."

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When you are taken or retaken under certain parts of the Substance Addiction Act, some rules from the Crimes Act 1961 apply. These rules are in sections 30, 31, and 34 of the Crimes Act 1961. They apply to parts of the Substance Addiction Act that let authorities take or retake you, like sections 21(a), 30(4), 40, 105(3) and (4), and 106(2), as if you were being arrested.

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

108Certain sections of Crimes Act 1961 apply to powers to take and retake

  1. Sections 30, 31, and 34 of the Crimes Act 1961 apply, with any necessary modifications, to sections 21(a), 30(4), 40, 105(3) and (4), and 106(2) as if the power contained in each of those sections to take or retake a person were a power of arrest.

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