New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1996 - SECT 28

28 Orders made against children under 18 years of age

(1) This section applies if a parentage testing order or an order under section 27 requires a medical procedure or other act to be carried out in relation to a child who is under 18 years of age.

(2) The procedure or act must not be carried out in relation to the child under the order unless a parent or guardian of the child consents to the medical procedure or act being carried out.

(3) However, the Court may draw such inferences from a failure or refusal to consent as appear just in the circumstances.