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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Senior Practitioner Regulation 2023, made under the Senior
Practitioner Act 2018 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3
(Editorial changes)) as in force on 22 December 2023. It also includes any commencement,
repeal or expiry affecting this republished law.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT
legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
• unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial amendments
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial
amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.
Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by
an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The
changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into
line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately
before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law
are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more
information, see the home page for this law on the register.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the
symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying
provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation
Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an
individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Contents
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1 Name of regulation 2
3 Prohibited restrictive practices not to be used—Act, s 10 (b) (ii) (A) 2
Schedule 1 Prohibited restrictive practices 3
Part 1.1 Physical restraints 3
Part 1.2 Punitive approaches 4
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 5
2 Abbreviation key 5
3 Legislation history 6
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1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Senior Practitioner Regulation 2023.
3 Prohibited restrictive practices not to be used—Act,
s 10 (b) (ii) (A)
(1) The kinds of restrictive practices that may be used do not include
prohibited restrictive practices.
(2) In this section:
prohibited restrictive practice means—
(a) a physical restraint mentioned in schedule 1, part 1.1; or
(b) a restrictive practice mentioned in schedule 1, part 1.2
(a punitive approach).
Prohibited restrictive practices Schedule 1
Physical restraints Part 1.1
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Schedule 1 Prohibited restrictive practices
(see s 3 (2))
Part 1.1 Physical restraints
column 1
item
column 2
description of restraint
column 3
short description
1 subdue a person by forcing them into a face-down
position
prone restraint
2 subdue a person by forcing them into a face-up position supine restraint
3 subdue a person by holding down their limbs or any part
of their body
pin down
4 subdue a person by wrapping arms around their upper or
lower body
basket hold
5 subdue a person by forcing them to free-fall to the floor
or fall to the floor with support
takedown technique
6 physically restrain a person for the purpose of, or that
has the effect of, restraining or inhibiting a person’s
respiratory or digestive functioning
7 physically restrain a person for the purpose of, or that
has the effect of, pushing the person’s head forward
onto their chest
8 physically restrain a person for the purpose of, or that
has the effect of, compelling a person’s compliance
through the infliction of pain, hyperextension of joints,
or by applying pressure to the chest or joints
Schedule 1 Prohibited restrictive practices
Part 1.2 Punitive approaches
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Part 1.2 Punitive approaches
column 1
item
column 2
description of approach
column 3
short description
1 use a practice that a person experiences as noxious or
unpleasant and potentially painful, for example, give the
person an unwanted cold bath, put chilli powder on their
food or squirt liquid in their face
aversive practice
2 require a person to respond disproportionately to an
event, beyond that which may be necessary to restore a
situation to its original condition, for example, make a
person clean the whole dining room floor for spilling a
drink
overcorrection
3 withhold supports or basic needs, for example, deny a
person access to toilet paper or period products,
withhold food or drink or deprive them of sleep
denial of key needs
4 degrade or vilify a person
5 limit or deny access to a person’s culture, for example,
limit opportunity to participate with a person’s
community or access artworks or reading material
important for developing or maintaining their cultural
heritage
6 punish a person by requiring them to give up a positive
item or activity because of their behaviour
response cost
7 engage in verbal or gestural conduct of a coercive
nature to compel someone to do something they do not
want to do
8 use a spithood
9 use a restraint chair
Endnotes
About the endnotes 1
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law
but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details
of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are
underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired