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GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 47

Preservation of liability

47 Preservation of liability

Nothing in this Part relieves a person from liability in respect of the carrying out of medical or dental treatment on a patient to whom this Part applies, being a liability to which the person would have been subject:

(a) had the patient been capable of giving consent to the carrying out of the treatment, and
(b) had the treatment been carried out with the patient's consent.



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