State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999

A work and development order is an order requiring a person to undertake any of the following to satisfy all or part of the WDO eligible amount of the person’s SPER debt—

unpaid work for, or on behalf of, an approved sponsor;

medical or mental health treatment under an approved sponsor’s treatment plan provided by a health practitioner;

an educational, vocational or life skills course as decided by an approved sponsor;

financial or other counselling as decided by an approved sponsor;

drug or alcohol treatment as decided by an approved sponsor;

if the person is under 25 years of age—a mentoring program as decided by an approved sponsor;

if the person is an Aborigine or a Torres Strait Islander and lives in a remote area—a culturally appropriate program as decided by an approved sponsor.

A work and development order must be in the approved form and state—

the amount of a person’s SPER debt that is to be satisfied by complying with the order; and

the activities that must be undertaken to comply with the order.

In this section—

a medical practitioner; or

a psychologist within the meaning of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law; or

a registered health practitioner endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a nurse practitioner under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.