Alcohol Harm Reduction Act 2017

(1) If, under section 19, an adult is referred by the BDR Registrar for assessment, a clinician must take all reasonable steps to assess the adult for section 21.

(2) An assessment may be made in person or on the basis of information provided or otherwise available to the clinician.

(3) Following the assessment, the clinician must make a report of the assessment to the BDR Registrar, containing the following:

(a) a recommendation as to whether a BDO should be made for the adult;

(b) a recommendation as to any appropriate therapeutic support program for the adult.

(4) If, despite taking all reasonable steps, the clinician is unable to assess the adult within a reasonable time:

(b) the application to which the referral for assessment relates lapses.