Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2002 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2002 No. 288 Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Act 2000 DRUG REHABILITATION (COURT DIVERSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of s 3 (Who is an “eligible person”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 6 (Delaying suspended sentence where offender needs detoxification) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s 8 (Pilot program courts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Insertion of new ss 8A and 8B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8A Maximum number of active intensive drug rehabilitation orders . . . 4 8B Guidelines for Magistrates Courts at Cairns and Townsville— Act, s 43(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of s 9 (Guidelines for facilities for the supervision and control of offenders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Amendment of sch 1 (Eligible persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Amendment of sch 2 (Relevant offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 11 Amendment of sch 4 (Prescribed persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 12 Insertion of new sch 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SCHEDULE 5 GUIDELINES FOR MAGISTRATES COURTS AT CAIRNS AND TOWNSVILLE 1 Frequency of court reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 Court reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Amendment No. 288, 2002 Regulation (No. 1) 2002 3 Treatment team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 Frequency of drug testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

s1 3 s7 Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Amendment No. 288, 2002 Regulation (No. 1) 2002 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2002 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 November 2002. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the DrugRehabilitation(CourtDiversion)Regulation 2000. 4 Amendment of s 3 (Who is an “eligible person”) Section 3— insert— ‘ (2) For the Act, section 6(5), the Magistrates Courts at Cairns and Townsville are prescribed.’. 5 Amendment of s 6 (Delaying suspended sentence where offender needs detoxification) Section 6(b), ‘Stipendiary’— omit. 6 Amendment of s 8 (Pilot program courts) Section 8, ‘Ipswich and Southport’— omit, insert— ‘Cairns, Ipswich, Southport and Townsville’. 7 Insertion of new ss 8A and 8B After section 8— insert—

s 8 4 s 10 Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Amendment No. 288, 2002 Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ‘8A Maximum number of active intensive drug rehabilitation orders ‘For the Act, sections 15(2)(c) and 19(g), the maximum number of active intensive drug rehabilitation orders for the Magistrates Courts at Cairns and Townsville is 40 each. ‘8B Guidelines for Magistrates Courts at Cairns and Townsville—Act, s 43(3) Guidelines for the Magistrates Courts at Cairns and Townsville are in schedule 5. 8 Amendment of s 9 (Guidelines for facilities for the supervision and control of offenders) (1) Section 9(1), ‘section 19(g)’— omit, insert— ‘section 19(h)’. (2) Section 9(2), ‘Stipendiary’— omit. 9 Amendment of sch 1 (Eligible persons) Schedule 1— insert— ‘Cairns 4865, 4868, 4869, 4870, 4878, 4879 Townsville 4810, 4811, 4812, 4813, 4814, 4815, 4816, 4817, 4818, 4819’. 10 Amendment of sch 2 (Relevant offences) (1) Schedule 2, entry for section 398(1), ‘(Stealing)’— omit, insert— ‘(Punishment of Stealing)’.

s 11 5 s 12 Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Amendment No. 288, 2002 Regulation (No. 1) 2002 (2) Schedule 2, entry for section 433(1), ‘(Receiving stolen property)’— omit, insert— ‘(Receiving stolen property etc.)’. 11 Amendment of sch 4 (Prescribed persons) (1) After schedule 4, item 1(1)(a)— insert— ‘(aa) persons acting for the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Services, Cairns or Townsville District, Queensland Health and appointed by the chief executive (health) as prescribed persons for the Act, section 39;’. (2) Schedule 4, item 1(1)(e), ‘community correctional officers’— omit, insert— ‘corrective services officers’. (3) Schedule 4, item 1(2), ‘subsection’— omit, insert— ‘subitem’. 12 Insertion of new sch 5 After schedule 4— insert—

s 12 6 s 12 Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Amendment No. 288, 2002 Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ‘SCHEDULE 5 ‘GUIDELINES FOR MAGISTRATES COURTS AT CAIRNS AND TOWNSVILLE section 8B ‘1 Frequency of court reviews ‘ (1) The maximum frequency of attendances required before a pilot program magistrate of an offender subject to an intensive drug rehabilitation order, whether the attendances are ordered by a pilot program magistrate or directed by an authorised corrective services officer, is once in any 30 day period. ‘ (2) However, a pilot program magistrate may order more frequent or less frequent attendances if the magistrate considers that there are special circumstances. Example — If the offender returns a positive drug test, a pilot program magistrate may order the offender to attend weekly for a month to assess whether the offender is satisfactorily complying with the offender’s intensive drug rehabilitation order. ‘ (3) Also, an authorised corrective services officer may direct more frequent attendances if— (a) the officer alleges that the offender is not satisfactorily complying with the offender’s intensive drug rehabilitation order; or (b) there has been a change in the offender’s circumstances that requires the offender’s rehabilitation program to be reviewed. Example of an allegation for paragraph (a) — An allegation based on a positive drug test returned by the offender. Example of change in circumstances for paragraph (b) — The offender’s eviction from accommodation.

s 12 7 s 12 Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Amendment No. 288, 2002 Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ‘2 Court reviews ‘ (1) Before a court review, a pilot program magistrate may conduct a preliminary hearing in the offender’s absence to decide the ambit of the review and the material the magistrate wishes to have produced at the review. ‘ (2) The pilot program magistrate may give notice to an interested entity asking that a person acting for the entity attend before a pilot program magistrate for the court review, including any preliminary hearing. ‘ (3) The magistrate may allow a person, other than a member of the drug court team, to participate in the court review, including any preliminary hearing. ‘ (4) In this section— “court review” means an attendance required before a pilot program magistrate of an offender subject to an intensive drug rehabilitation order. “drug court team” means the persons attending a court review, including any preliminary hearing, who act for an interested entity given notice by a pilot program magistrate under subsection (2) in relation to the court review. “interested entity” means any of the following— • Legal Aid (Queensland) • the Queensland Police Service • the department in which the CorrectiveServicesAct2000 is administered • the department in which the Health Act 1937 is administered. ‘3 Treatment team ‘ (1) The persons mentioned in schedule 4, item 1(1)(aa) or (e) (the “treatment team” ) are responsible for— (a) assessing an offender’s compliance with the offender’s intensive drug rehabilitation order, including the offender’s participation in the offender’s rehabilitation program; and (b) providing support, treatment and assistance relevant to the order, as required by the offender.

s 12 8 s 12 Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Amendment No. 288, 2002 Regulation (No. 1) 2002 ‘ (2) The treatment team must, unless there are special circumstances, give any document to be used at a court review in relation to the offender to a member of the proposed drug court team at least 2 days before the review. ‘4 Frequency of drug testing The maximum frequency of drug testing of an offender subject to an intensive drug rehabilitation order is 5 times in any 2 week period.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 31 October 2002. 2. Notified in the gazette on 1 November 2002. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. © State of Queensland 2002