Section 16
of Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983
Section 16
(1)
The Minister may on the application of any individual person or of any organization, body or group of persons, grant approval for the establishment and operation of a private centre for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependants or for the after care of persons who have been drug dependants, upon such terms and conditions as the Minister may specify.
(2)
The terms and conditions of any approval granted under subsection (1) may at any time be varied by the Minister and he may, without giving any notice or assigning any reason, revoke any approval granted under subsection (1), and any revocation so made may contain all such directions of an incidental or a consequential nature which the Minister may deem necessary, expedient or desirable.
(3)
Notification of every approval of a centre under this section and every revocation of such approval shall be published in the
Gazette.
(4)
Any person who establishes or operates, or assists in the operation of any place for the treatment, rehabilitation, or after care
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and supervision of persons who are or have been drug dependants shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both.
(5)
Nothing contained in the foregoing provisions of this section shall be construed as in any manner affecting, prejudicing or derogating from the rights of a person lawfully providing medical treatment to any person in relation to any physical or mental condition arising from, or involving or relating to the drug dependency of such person.