Division 1 Preliminary

106A   Definitions

In this Part:

community supervision order means an order by the Drug Court that imposes conditions on the offender in relation to the periods of time when the offender is not in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre.

Note. See section 106O.

Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre means the correctional centre given that name by a proclamation under section 225.

Director or Director of the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre means the general manager of that correctional centre.

offender means a person in respect of whom a compulsory drug treatment order is in force.

progression order means an order by the Drug Court that an offender progress from one stage of compulsory drug treatment detention to a higher stage.

Note. See sections 106D and 106M.

regression order means an order by the Drug Court that an offender regress from one stage of compulsory drug treatment detention to a lower stage.

Note. See sections 106D and 106M.

revocation order means an order by the Drug Court that revokes an offender’s compulsory drug treatment order.

Note. See section 106Q.

106B   Objects of compulsory drug treatment

The objects of compulsory drug treatment are:

(a)  to provide a comprehensive program of compulsory treatment and rehabilitation under judicial supervision for drug dependent persons who repeatedly resort to criminal activity to support that dependency, and

(b)  to effectively treat those persons for drug dependency, eliminating their illicit drug use while in the program and reducing the likelihood of relapse on release, and

(c)  to promote the re-integration of those persons into the community, and

(d)  to prevent and reduce crime by reducing those persons’ need to resort to criminal activity to support their dependency.

106C   Obligations of offender

The obligations of an offender while serving a sentence by way of compulsory drug treatment detention are:

(a)  to comply with such requirements of this Part and the regulations as apply to the offender, and

(b)  to comply with the requirements of any compulsory drug treatment personal plan applying to the offender under this Part, and

(c)  to comply with the provisions of any other Part of this Act or the regulations applying to the offender under section 106V.

106D   Stages of compulsory drug treatment detention

(1)  There are 3 stages of compulsory drug treatment detention:

(a)  closed detention (Stage 1), and

(b)  semi-open detention (Stage 2), and

(c)  community custody (Stage 3).

(2)  Under closed detention (Stage 1), the offender is to be kept in full-time custody at the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre.

(3)  Under semi-open detention (Stage 2), the offender is to be kept in the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre and may be allowed to attend employment, training or social programs outside the Centre (as specified in the offender’s compulsory drug treatment personal plan).

(4)  Under community custody (Stage 3), the offender may reside outside the Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre at accommodation approved by the Drug Court under intensive supervision.

(5)  An offender allocated to, or by order progressed or regressed to, a stage of detention is in that stage of detention.

106E   Duration of compulsory drug treatment order

Unless sooner revoked, an offender’s compulsory drug treatment order expires:

(a)  at the end of the term of the sentence to which it relates, or

(b)  when the offender is released on parole,

whichever occurs first.