• Prevention and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act, 2008
  • Notice No. 436 of 2009
  • Act
  • Preamble
  • Chapter 1 : Definitions and Objects of Act
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Objects of Act
  • Chapter 2 : Combating of Substance Abuse
    • 3. Interventions to combat substance abuse
  • Chapter 3 : Strategies and Principles for Demand and Harm Reduction
    • 4. Guiding principles for provision of services
    • 5. Intersectoral strategies for reducing demand and harm caused by substance abuse
    • 6. Development of and compliance with minimum norms and standards
    • 7. Support for services delivered by service providers
  • Chapter 4 : Prevention and Early Intervention Services
    • 8. Programmes for prevention of substance abuse
    • 9. Purpose of providing prevention programmes
    • 10. Establishment and purpose of programmes for early intervention
    • 11. Provision of prevention and early intervention services by various stakeholders
  • Chapter 5 : Community-based Services
    • 12. Guidelines for community-based services
    • 13. Establishment and provision of community-based services
    • 14. Registration of community-based services
    • 15. Management structure of community-based services
    • 16. Registration of mental health practitioners providing community-based services
  • Chapter 6 : In-Patient and Out-Patient Services
    • 17. Establishment and disestablishment of public treatment center
    • 18. Purposes for which persons are admitted to treatment centers
    • 19. Registration and cancellation of registration of treatment center
    • 20. Establishment of public halfway house
    • 21. Registration of private halfway house
    • 22. Compliance with conditions for registration of treatment centre and halfway house
    • 23. Monitoring and assessment of treatment centre and halfway house
    • 24. Staff of public treatment centre and public halfway house
    • 25. Appeals
    • 26. Death, serious injury or abuse of service user or any person affected
    • 27. Establishment of out-patient services
    • 28. Children abusing substances or affected by substance abuse
    • 29. Management structure of treatment centre and halfway house
  • Chapter 7 : Aftercare and Reintegration Services
    • 30. Establishment of aftercare and reintegration services
    • 31. Support groups
  • Chapter 8 : Admission, Transfer and Referral to Treatment Centre
    • 32. Admission of voluntary service user to treatment centre
    • 33. Admission of involuntary service user to treatment centre
    • 34. Admission and transfer of children
    • 35. Committal of person to treatment centre after enquiry
    • 36. Committal of person to treatment centre after conviction
    • 37. Court may order enquiry in terms of this Act
    • 38. Estimation of age of person
    • 39. Postponement of order
    • 40. Temporary custody of person pending enquiry or removal to treatment centre
    • 41. Appeal against and review of certain orders
    • 42. Admission or transfer to treatment centre
    • 43. Transfer of involuntary service user from and to treatment centre
    • 44. Transfer of involuntary service user from prison, child and youth care centre
    • 45. Retransfer from public treatment centre to prison, child and youth care centre, alternative care or health establishment
    • 46. Leave of absence from treatment centre
    • 47. Involuntary service user of treatment centre may be released on licence or discharged
    • 48. Revocation of licence
    • 49. Admission to treatment centre of persons who are not South African citizens or permanen
    • 50. Service user to have access to management and vice versa
  • Chapter 9 : Disciplinary Intervention and Appeal Procedure
    • 51. Maintenance of discipline in treatment centre, halfway house
    • 52. Method of dealing with absconder from treatment center
  • Chapter 10 : Central Drug Authority and Supporting Structures
    • 53. Establishment and functions of Central Drug Authority
    • 54. Executive committee
    • 55. Secretariat of Central Drug Authority
    • 56. Powers and duties of Central Drug Authority
    • 57. Establishment of Provincial Substance Abuse Forums
    • 58. Functions of Provincial Substance Abuse Forums
    • 59. Executive committee of Provincial Substance Abuse Forums
    • 60. Establishment of Local Drug Action Committees
    • 61. Functions of Local Drug Action Committees
    • 62. Compliance with implementation of National Drug Master Plan by various government department, entities and stakeholders
  • Chapter 11 : General Provisions
    • 63. Offences and penalties
    • 64. Delegation
    • 65. Regulations
    • 66. Repeal of laws and savings
    • 67. Short title and commencement
• Regulations
  • Regulations for Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse, 2013
    • Notice No. 283 of 2013
    • Chapter 1 : General Provisions
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Objects of regulations
    • Chapter 2 : Service Providers
      • 3. Entering into contracts with service providers
      • 4. Conditions for receiving of financial assistance by service providers
      • 5. Remedies for non-compliance with conditions for receiving financial assistance
      • 6. Conditions for management of assets bought by service providers with Government funds
      • 7. Conditions for disposal of assets bought by ...
    • Chapter 3 : Prevention and Early Intervention
      • 8. Minimum norms and standards for ...
      • 9. Minimum norms and standards for programmes ...
    • Chapter 4 : Community-Based Services
      • Part I : General Provisions
        • 10. Minimum norms and standards for ...
        • 11. Types of community-based services
        • 12. Manner for provision of community-based services
        • 13. Minimum norms and standards for registration of ...
      • Part II : Registration of community-based services
        • 14. Conditions for registration of community-based services
        • 15. Application for registration of community-based services
        • 16. Approval or declining of application for registration of ...
        • 17. Temporary registration of community-based services
        • 18. Termination or withdrawal of registration of ...
      • Part III : Management structure of ...
        • 19. Guidelines for functioning of ...
        • 20. Guidelines for composition of management ...
        • 21. Guidelines for election and appointment of ...
        • 22. Guidelines for qualification of members of ...
        • 23. Guidelines for term of office of members of ...
        • 24. Guidelines for grounds for removal from office of ...
        • 25. Guidelines for number of meetings of management ...
        • 26. Guidelines for procedure at meetings of management ...
    • Chapter 4 : Treatment 
      • Part I : Treatment centres and halfway houses: Registration
        • 27. Application for registration of treatment centre
        • 28. Requirements for registration of treament centre and ...
        • 29. Consideration of application for registration of ...
        • 30. Application for registration of private halfway house
        • 31. Conditions for registration of private halfway house
        • 32. Appeal against certain decisions of Director-General
      • Part II : Treatment centres and halfway houses: ...
        • 33. Minimum norms and standards for management of ...
        • 34. Minimum norms and standards for monitoring of ...
        • 35. Composition of management structures of ...
        • 36. Election and appointment of members of management ...
        • 37. Qualification of members of management structure of ...
        • 38. Term of office of members of management structure of ...
        • 39. Grounds for removal from office of members of ...
        • 40. Filling vacancies of members of management ...
        • 41. Number of meetings of management structure of ...
        • 42. Procedure at meetings of management structure of ...
        • 42. Suitability for appointment as manager of public ...
        • 43. Duties of staff of public treatment centres and ...
        • 44. Powers of staff of public treatment centres and ...
      • Part III : Treatment centres and halfway houses : ...
        • 45. Minimum norms and standards for protection of ...
        • 46. Application for admission by voluntary service user ...
        • 47. Application for admission by person acting on behalf ...
        • 48. Application for admission of child by parent or ...
    • Chapter 11 : Transfer and retransfer of involuntary ...
      • 49. Transfer and retransfer of involuntary persons from ...
      • 50. Release of service user on licence
      • 51. Condition for administration or admission of person ...
      • 52. Conditions for access to management structure by ...
      • 53. Conditions for access to service user by management ...
      • 54. Composition of appeal committee
      • 55. Duties of appeal committee
      • 56. Period for bringing apprehended involuntary service ...
    • Chapter 5 : Integrated Aftercare and Reintegration Services
      • 57. Minimum norms and standards for monitoring and ...
      • 58. Integrated aftercare and reintegration services of ...
      • 59. Establishment of support groups
    • Chapter 6 : General Provisions
      • 60. Repeal of regulations
      • 61. Short Title
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A : Requirements to comply with Norms and ...
      • Annexure B : Requirements to comply with Norms and ...
      • Annexure C : Guidelines regarding Adequate Shelter ...
      • Annexure D : Guidelines with regard to Implementation of ...
      • Annexure E : Basic Fire Safety Measures at Treatment ...
      • Annexure F : Forms
        • Form 1 : Application to enter into contract
        • Form 2 : Application for registration of community-based services
        • Form 3 : Nomination form for candidates to be ...
        • Form 4 : Application for registration of a treament ...
        • Form 5 : Application for registration of a private halfway  ...
        • Form 6 : Appeal to the Minister of Social Development ...
        • Form 7A : Application for admission as service user ...
        • Form 7B : Application on behalf of another person
        • Form 7C : Application for admission to a treatment ...
        • Form 8 : Transfer and retransfer of involuntary ...
      • Annexure G : Registration Certificates
        • Certificate A : Registration certificate of community ...
        • Certificate B : Temporary Registration Certificate ... 
• Rules
  • Rules Governing the Quorum, Procedure at meetings and, generally the Conduct of Functions of the Central Drug Authority
    • Notice No. 3310 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Objective of Rules
    • 3. Application of Rules
    • 4. General Principles
    • 5. Meetings of Central Drug Authority
    • 6. Order of business in meetings
    • 7. Voting
    • 8. Central Drug Authority
    • 9. Central Drug Authority Executive Committee
    • 10. Extended General Committee
    • 11. Central Drug Authority Portfolio Committees
    • 12. Roles and responsibilities of Portfolio Committees of Central Drug Authority
    • 13. Meetings with Minister and Director-General
    • 14. Meetings with Government Clusters
    • 15. Powers of Chairperson of CDA
    • 16. Discipline and misconduct
    • 17. Role of individual Central Drug Authority Members
    • 18. Performance of Central Drug Authority members
    • 19. CDA performance review and monitoring
    • 20. Financial and other interests of members
    • 21. Reporting protocols
    • 22. Remuneration of Central Drug Authority members
    • 23. Disclosure of information
    • 24. Termination of Membership of Members of Central Drug Authority
    • 25. Secretariat
    • 26. Funding of Central Drug Authority
    • 27. Repeal
    • 28. Short title and commencement
    • Sub-Schedule