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DRUG COURT ACT 1998 - SECT 3
Objects
3 Objects
(1) The objects of this Act are: (a) to reduce the drug dependency of
eligible persons and eligible convicted offenders, and
(b) to promote the
re-integration of such drug dependent persons into the community, and
(c) to
reduce the need for such drug dependent persons to resort to criminal activity
to support their drug dependencies.
(2) This Act achieves its objects in
relation to eligible persons by establishing a scheme under which drug
dependent persons who are charged with criminal offences can be diverted into
programs designed to eliminate, or at least reduce, their dependency on drugs.
(2A) This Act achieves its objects in relation to eligible convicted offenders
by establishing a scheme for compulsory drug treatment and rehabilitation for
certain drug dependent persons.
(3) Reducing a person's dependency on drugs
should reduce the person's need to resort to criminal activity to support that
dependency and should also increase the person's ability to function as a law
abiding citizen.
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