Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING) ACT 2005 - SECT 80O

The objects of making a treatment order in relation to an offender is to—

        (a)     facilitate the rehabilitation of the offender by providing a judicially supervised, therapeutically oriented and integrated treatment regime; and

        (b)     reduce the offender's dependency on alcohol or a controlled drug; and

        (c)     reduce the health risks associated with the offender's dependency on alcohol or controlled drugs; and

        (d)     assist with the offender's integration into the community; and

        (e)     promote community safety by reducing the level of criminal activity caused by alcohol or controlled drug dependence in offenders.