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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
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### sec.151C Purpose of part and treatment orders
The purpose of this part is to provide for the making of drug and alcohol treatment orders.
The purpose of making a drug and alcohol treatment order for an offender is to—
facilitate the rehabilitation of the offender by providing a judicially supervised, therapeutically oriented, integrated treatment regime; and
reduce the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and
reduce the level of criminal activity associated with the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and
reduce the health risks to the offender that are associated with the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and
assist with the offender’s integration into the community.
s 151C ins 2017 No. 41 s 35
(sec.151C-ssec.1) The purpose of this part is to provide for the making of drug and alcohol treatment orders.
(sec.151C-ssec.2) The purpose of making a drug and alcohol treatment order for an offender is to— facilitate the rehabilitation of the offender by providing a judicially supervised, therapeutically oriented, integrated treatment regime; and reduce the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and reduce the level of criminal activity associated with the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and reduce the health risks to the offender that are associated with the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and assist with the offender’s integration into the community.
- (a) facilitate the rehabilitation of the offender by providing a judicially supervised, therapeutically oriented, integrated treatment regime; and
- (b) reduce the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and
- (c) reduce the level of criminal activity associated with the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and
- (d) reduce the health risks to the offender that are associated with the offender’s severe substance use disorder; and
- (e) assist with the offender’s integration into the community.