Victorian Numbered Acts

SEVERE SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE TREATMENT ACT 2010 (NO. 43 OF 2010) - NOTES

No. 43 of 2010

Victoria

Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act 2010^[†]

No. 43 of 2010

[Assented to 10 August 2010]

^[†]     Minister's second reading speech—

    Legislative Assembly: 10 December 2009

    Legislative Council: 11 March 2010

    The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to enact a new legislative scheme for the detention and treatment of persons with a severe substance dependence, to repeal the Alcoholics and Drug-dependent Persons Act 1968 and for other purposes."

INDEX

Subject	Section
Act
amendments to other Acts	44–49
commencement	2
objectives	3
prevails over Medical Treatment Act 1988, Guardianship and Administration Act 1986	6
purpose	1
regulations	40
repeal of Alcoholics and Drug-dependent Persons Act 1968	42
repeal of Part 6	50
review of	41
transitional provisions	42, 43
Alcoholics and Drug-dependent Persons Act 1968	42, 43
Ambulance paramedics	4, 20, 34, 38
Authorised persons	34
Definitions	4, 5, 6, 34, 38
Detention and treatment orders
actions authorised by	20
applications for	10
confirmation	23
definition	4
discharge	23, 31, 35
extension	21
hearings	15–19
lapse	21
making of	16, 20
notification of	21
recommendation by registered medical practitioners for	12, 39
revocation	22, 35
second opinions regarding	31, 35
service of applications	10
special warrants to examine	13
where guardianship order in force	11
See also Treatment; Treatment centres
Discharge plans	36
Entry powers	13, 20, 37
Evidence of service	16
Family members (def.)	4
Guardians	4, 11, 18, 22
Subject	Section
Magistrates' Court
exclusive jurisdiction	9
hearings
adjournment	17
appearance	15, 18
closed court	19
conduct	15
representation	18
making of orders	20, 21
revocation of orders	22
special warrants	13
Nominated persons	22, 24
Nurse practitioners	4
Offences
contravention of orders regarding publication	19
Police	13, 20, 34, 37, 38
Public Advocate	4, 25, 27
Registered medical practitioners	4, 12, 29, 31, 38, 39
Registered nurses	4, 38
Regulations	40
Search powers	38
Secretary	4, 7, 26
Senior clinicians See Treatment centres
Severe substance dependence (def.)	5
Special warrants	13
Transitional provisions	42, 43
Treatment
applicable principles	28
criteria for detention	8, 31, 32, 35
definition	6
determination of treatment plans	30
interim treatment	29
without consent	28
Treatment centres
admission
initial examination	23
statement of rights and entitlements	25, 26
apprehension of persons absent without leave	34
certificate of available services	14, 20
declaration of	7
definition	4
discharge plans	36
leave of absence from	33
managers (def.)	4
power to restrain, sedate patients	38
senior clinicians (def.)	4
transfer to another centre	32
treatment teams (def.)	4
Subject	Section
See also Detention and treatment orders
Tribunal See VCAT
VCAT
provision of details of guardian to applicants	11