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MEDICAL TREATMENT PLANNING AND DECISIONS ACT 2016 (NO. 69 OF 2016) - SECT 141

Section 42E amended

    (1)     In the heading to section 42E of the Guardianship and Administration
Act 1986 , after " special " insert " medical ".

    (2)     In section 42E of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986

        (a)     for "a special procedure" substitute "a special medical procedure";

        (b)     before paragraph (a) insert

    "(aa)     the patient has not given an instructional directive (within the meaning of the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 ) in relation to the special medical procedure; and";

        (c)     after paragraph (b) insert

    "(ba)     if the patient has given a values directive (within the meaning of the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 ), that the carrying out of the special medical procedure would not be inconsistent with that directive; and";

        (d)     in paragraph (c), for "the special procedure" substitute "the special medical procedure".



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