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GUARDIANSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY ACT 1991 - SECT 32M

Preservation of liability

Nothing in this part relieves a health professional from liability in relation to the provision of medical treatment, or the carrying out of low-risk research, if the health professional would have been subject to the liability—

        (a)     had the protected person not had impaired decision-making ability; and

        (b)     had the treatment been provided or research been carried out with the protected person's consent.



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