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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
House of
Assembly—No 64
As laid on the table and read a first time, 3 December 2003
South Australia
Consent
to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care (Prescribed Forms) Amendment Bill 2003
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Consent to Medical Treatment and
Palliative Care Act 1995.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Consent to Medical Treatment and
Palliative Care Act 1995
4 Amendment of section 4—Interpretation
5 Amendment of section 7—Anticipatory
grant or refusal of consent to medical treatment
6 Amendment of section 8—Appointment
of agent to consent to medical treatment
7 Repeal of Schedules 1 and 2
The Parliament of South Australia enacts
as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Consent to Medical Treatment and
Palliative Care (Prescribed Forms) Amendment Act 2003.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the
amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment of Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act 1995
4—Amendment of section 4—Interpretation
Section 4, definition of dentist—delete
the definition and substitute:
dentist means a person who is registered on the
register of dentists or register of specialists under the Dental Practice
Act 2001;
5—Amendment of section 7—Anticipatory grant or refusal of consent to medical treatment
Section 7(2)—delete "Schedule 2 or in a form prescribed
by" wherever occurring
6—Amendment of section 8—Appointment of agent to consent to medical treatment
(1) Section 8(2)(a)—delete
"Schedule 1" and substitute:
regulation
(2) Section 8(2)(b)—delete
"or to the effect of the certificate in Schedule 1" and substitute:
prescribed by regulation or in a form to similar
effect
Schedules 1 and 2—delete Schedules 1 and 2