266Pending applications

266 Pending applications

(1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement day—

(a) an application for a supervised treatment order or an interim supervised treatment order is before VCAT; and

(b) the person in respect of whom the application is made resides in a residential service that is a group home or an SDA enrolled dwelling.

(a) the application is taken to be an application made in accordance with section 191; and

(b) the disability service provider or registered NDIS provider that appointed the Authorised Program Officer who applied for the order is taken to be the primary service provider for the person in respect of whom the application is made.

(3) On and from the commencement day, for the purposes of the application, a certificate given by the Senior Practitioner under section 191(3) as in force immediately before the day on which Division 1 of Part 2 of the Disability and Social Services Regulation Amendment Act 2023 comes into operation—

(a) is taken to be a certificate under section 191A(1); and

(b) is taken to relate to accommodation of a type specified in section 191(1)(b).

S. 267 inserted by No. 9/2023 s. 97.