Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) For the purposes of this Act, "treatment" means anything done in the course of the exercise of professional skills to provide medically assisted withdrawal from a severe substance dependence or to lessen the ill effects, or the pain and suffering, of the withdrawal.
S. 6(2) amended by Nos 69/2016 s. 160, 13/2019 s. 47.2.
(2) This Act prevails over the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 and the Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 in respect of any treatment given under this Act including any treatment given under an order made under this Act.