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Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024
55Use of prohibited practice
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55 Use of prohibited practice
(1) In this section –
prohibited practice means a practice or intervention including, but not limited to, specific forms of physical restraint and coercive and punitive approaches that is of a type, or class, of practice or intervention that is prescribed for the purposes of this definition.
(2) A disability services provider must not use a prohibited practice in relation to a person with disability.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.