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GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 - SECT 80A

Definitions for ch 5A

80A Definitions for ch 5A

In this chapter—

"active party" see section 80K .

"alternative forms of health care" includes menstrual management strategies and alternative forms of sterilisation.

"chapter 5A application" means an application under this chapter for consent to the sterilisation of a child with an impairment.

Note—

"Child" , if age rather than descendancy is relevant, means an individual who is under 18†Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 (Meaning of commonly used words and expressions).

"child representative" see section 80L .

"confidentiality order" ...

"health care" , of a child, is care or treatment of, or a service or a procedure for, the child—
(a) to diagnose, maintain, or treat the child’s physical or mental condition; and
(b) carried out by, or under the direction or supervision of, a health provider.

"impairment" means a cognitive, intellectual, neurological or psychiatric impairment.

"sterilisation" see section 80B .



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