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Alcohol Intervention Certificates
What is an Alcohol Misuse Intervention?
Police can issue a Banning Alcohol and Treatment (BAT) notice that bans a person from purchasing, possessing or consuming alcohol for up to 12 months. It is entered on the Banned Drinkers Register (BDR).
For some BAT notices, the length of the ban may be reduced if the banned person participates successfully in an Alcohol Misuse Intervention (AMI).
An AMI is the treatment that a banned person will seek from a health care provider in order to help with their drinking problem. This treatment will vary greatly according to the clinical needs of the individual drinker.
A person can seek treatment to complete an AMI from a Doctor, Aboriginal medical services in urban centres, health centres in remote communities, and some alcohol and other drugs treatment services. A health care provider does not have to provide a banned person with an Alcohol Misuse Intervention.
What is an Alcohol Intervention Certificate?
An Alcohol Intervention Certificate is a form completed and signed by an AMI provider. It confirms that the banned person has participated successfully in the AMI.
It is up to the banned person to provide a copy of the form to their health care provider.
A blank form is provided with all relevant BAT notices. A copy can be downloaded here.
What bans can’t be reduced?
A person can’t have a ban reduced if the BAT notice was given because he or she:
- has been summonsed or charged in relation to an alcohol related offence; or
- is the defendant named in a police Domestic Violence Order; or
- supplied alcohol to a person knowing that a BAT notice or Tribunal order was in force for that person.
Each BAT notice sets out whether there is any potential to have the ban reduced by way of an AMI.
What happens once the certificate is signed?
It is up to the banned person to give or send the completed and signed certificate to the Tribunal in one of the following ways:
Email the scanned signed certificate to AODTribunal.DOJ@nt.gov.au
Fax the signed certificate to 8922 7201 in Darwin or 8951 5001 in Alice Springs.
Hand-deliver the signed certificate to:
Darwin: Cascom Met Building, Level 1, 13 Scaturchio Street, Casuarina NT 0810
Alice Springs: Westpoint Building, 1 Stott Terrace, Alice Springs NT 0870
When the Tribunal receives a certificate that has been completed and signed by an AMI provider, the BDR will be amended to reduce or remove the ban if it remains in force.