8Declaration of treatment centres

8 Declaration of treatment centres

8 Declaration of treatment centres

(1) The Secretary, by order published in the Gazette—

(a) may declare any premises to which this section applies, and that are specified or described in the order, to be a treatment centre under this Act, and

(b) may, in the same or another order so published, name the premises so specified or described.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), an order may change the name assigned to any premises specified or described in the order.

(3) This section applies to the following premises—

(a) premises that belong to or are under the control of the State or an authority of the State or a person acting on behalf of the State or an authority of the State,

(b) a facility of a public health organisation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997,

(c) premises that the owner or person who has control of the premises has agreed, by an instrument in writing given to the Secretary, to being premises to which this section applies.