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CONSENT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND PALLIATIVE CARE ACT 1995 - SCHEDULE 3

Schedule 3—Transitional provisions

2—Transitional provisions

        (1)         Despite the repeal of the Natural Death Act 1983 , a direction made under that Act remains effective, subject to revocation or amendment by the person who made it, as a statement of that person's desire not to be subjected to extraordinary measures as defined in that Act to prolong life if suffering from a terminal illness.

        (2)         If before the commencement of this Act a person granted an enduring power of attorney and purported to confer on the agent power to decide questions about the medical treatment of the grantor of the power in the event of the grantor's incapacity to do so, that power of attorney is as valid and effective as if it had been made under this Act.



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