Drug and alcohol treatment assessments—order
46J Drug and alcohol treatment assessments—order
This section applies if the court is considering whether to make a drug and alcohol treatment order for an offender.
The court may—
order an assessment of the offender (a drug and alcohol treatment assessment); and
adjourn the proceeding for the assessment to be prepared; and
order the responsible director-general to provide a copy of the assessment to the court or any other person.
However, the court must order the responsible director-general to prepare the drug and alcohol treatment assessment before making a drug and alcohol treatment order.
The responsible director-general must arrange for an assessor to prepare a drug and alcohol treatment assessment ordered by the court.
The drug and alcohol treatment assessment must address the matters mentioned in section 46K.
In this section:
responsible director-general means 1 or both of the following:
the health director-general;
the director-general responsible for this Act.
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