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MEDICAL TREATMENT PLANNING AND DECISIONS ACT 2016 (NO. 69 OF 2016) - SECT 119

Who may consent to medical treatment if patient does not have capacity to give informed consent?

    (1)     In section 75(1) of the Mental Health Act 2014 —

        (a)     for paragraph (a) substitute —

    "(a)     the patient's appointed medical treatment decision maker within the meaning of the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 ;";

        (b)     paragraph (d) is repealed .

    (2)     At the foot of section 75 of the Mental Health Act 2014 insert —

" Note

See section 53 of the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 in respect of medical treatment in an emergency.".


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