Intoxicated People (Care and Protection) Act 1994

Number: A1994-85
Status: In Force

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Current version

Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
26 December 2025	HTML PDF Word	R20	26 December 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-29

Administering Minister and Directorate

Minister for Health - Health and Community Services Directorate

Legislative instruments

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Name	Status	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Intoxicated Persons (Care and Protection) Revocation 1998(Repealed)	Repealed	Disallowable instruments	s 31	4 November 1998 - 5 November 1998	DI1998-231
Intoxicated Persons (Care and Protection) (Standard) Determination 1995(Repealed)	Repealed	Disallowable instruments	s 31	2 June 1995 - 4 November 1995	DI1995-38
Intoxicated Persons (Care and Protection Standards) Determination 1995(Repealed)	Repealed	Disallowable instruments	s 31	31 July 1995 - 15 January 1998	DI1995-108
Intoxicated Persons Care and Protection Standard 1998(Repealed)	Repealed	Disallowable instruments	s 31	16 January 1998 - 16 August 2004	DI1998-19
Intoxicated Persons (Care and Protection) Standard 2004 (No 1)	None	Disallowable instruments	s 31	17 August 2004	DI2004-177
Intoxicated Persons (Care and Protection) Approval	None	Notifiable instruments	s 37	16 January 1998	NI1998-20

Related instruments

Name	Effective	Year and No	Classification	Status
Legislation (Caring Service Licence) Delegation 2024 (No 1)	17 May 2024	NI2024-246	ni	None

Point-in-time versions

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The following table lists 22 point in time versions. You can skip this and jump to the next tab.
Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
26 December 2025	HTML PDF Word	R20	26 December 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-29
23 June 2021 - 25 December 2025	HTML PDF Word	R19	23 June 2021	Republication for amendments by A2021-12
14 October 2015 - 22 June 2021	HTML PDF Word	R18	14 October 2015	Republication for amendments by A2015-33
12 December 2011 - 13 October 2015	HTML PDF Word	R17	12 December 2011	Republication for amendments by A2011-52
1 July 2011 - 11 December 2011	HTML PDF Word	R16	1 July 2011	Republication for amendments by A2011-22
17 December 2009 - 30 June 2011	HTML PDF Word	R15	17 December 2009	Republication for amendments by A2009-49
22 September 2009 - 16 December 2009	HTML PDF Word	R14	22 September 2009	Republication for amendments by A2009-20
14 February 2009 - 21 September 2009	HTML PDF Word	R13	14 February 2009	Republication for amendments by A2008-26
2 February 2009 - 13 February 2009	HTML PDF Word	R12	2 February 2009	Republication for amendments by A2008-37
16 November 2006 - 1 February 2009	HTML PDF Word	R11	16 November 2006	Republication for amendments by A2006-42
3 June 2006 - 15 November 2006	HTML PDF Word	R10	3 June 2006	Republication for commenced expiry
25 November 2005 - 2 June 2006	HTML PDF Word	R9*	25 November 2005	Republication for commenced expiry
24 November 2005 - 24 November 2005	HTML PDF Word	R8	24 November 2005	Republication for amendments by A2005-54
2 June 2005 - 23 November 2005	HTML PDF Word	R7	2 June 2005	Republication for amendments by A2005-20
1 January 2005 - 1 June 2005	HTML PDF Word	R6	1 January 2005	Republication for amendments by A2004-17
17 August 2004 - 31 December 2004	HTML PDF Word	R5	17 August 2004	Republication for amendments by A2004-54
9 April 2004 - 16 August 2004	HTML PDF Word	R4	9 April 2004	Republication for amendments by A2004-15
21 December 2002 - 8 April 2004	HTML PDF Word	R3	21 December 2002	Republication for amendments by A2002-49
27 September 2001 - 20 December 2002	HTML PDF Word	R2	22 November 2001	Republication for amendments by A2001-44 and A2001-63
9 December 1998 - 11 September 2001	HTML PDF Word	R1A	5 February 2019	Republication for amendments by A1998-54
1 June 1998 - 8 December 1998	PDF PDF	R1 (RI)	5 February 2019	Unauthorised copy not available Republication for amendments by A1997-96 Reissued electronic republication of printed version
10 November 1997 - 31 May 1998	HTML PDF Word	R0A	5 February 2019	Republication for amendments by A1997-71
15 June 1995	HTML PDF Word	As notified	15 December 1994

Bill and Explanatory statement

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Intoxicated Persons (Care and Protection) Bill 1994.

Notification statement

The Intoxicated Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1994 was passed by the Legislative Assembly and was notified in the Gazette on 15 December 1994 (Gaz 1994 No S280).

(Parliamentary Counsel)

Act as notified

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
15 December 1994	15 June 1995	HTML PDF Word

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	15 December 1994	s 2 (1)
remainder	15 June 1995	s 2 (3)

Expiries

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
s 27 (2)-(4)	2 June 2006 (midnight)	s 27 (4)
s 28 (5)-(7)	24 November 2005 (midnight)	s 28 (7)

Amendments

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2021-12	Statute Law Amendment Act 2021	sch 3 pt 3.28	23 June 2021
A2015-33	Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2015	sch 1 pt 1.37	14 October 2015
A2011-52	Statute Law Amendment Act 2011 (No 3)	sch 1 pt 1.3	12 December 2011
A2011-22	Administrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2011	sch 1 pt 1.85	1 July 2011
A2009-49	Statute Law Amendment Act 2009 (No 2)	sch 3 pt 3.42	17 December 2009
A2009-20	Statute Law Amendment Act 2009	sch 3 pt 3.44	22 September 2009
A2008-37	ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (No 2)	sch 1 pt 1.58	2 February 2009
A2008-26	Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008	sch 2 pt 2.17	14 February 2009
A2006-42	Statute Law Amendment Act 2006	sch 3 pt 3.13	16 November 2006
A2005-54	Criminal Code Harmonisation Act 2005	sch 1 pt 1.26	24 November 2005
A2005-20	Statute Law Amendment Act 2005	sch 3 pt 3.29	2 June 2005
A2004-54	Intoxicated Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment Act 2004	s 4, s 5	17 August 2004
A2004-17	Education Act 2004	sch 2 pt 2.4	1 January 2005
A2004-15	Criminal Code (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Amendment Act 2004	sch 2 pt 2.45	9 April 2004
A2002-49	Statute Law Amendment Act 2002 (No 2)	sch 1 pt 1.2	21 December 2002
A2001-63	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2001	pt 7	27 September 2001
A2001-44	Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001	pt 198	12 September 2001
A1998-54	Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1998	sch	9 December 1998
A1997-96	Legal Practitioners (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	sch 1	1 June 1998
A1997-71	Intoxicated Persons (Care and Protection) (Amendment) Act 1997	ss 4-10	10 November 1997
A2025-29	Statute Law Amendment Act 2025	sch 4 pt 4.101	26 December 2025