Victorian Numbered Acts

MEDICAL TREATMENT PLANNING AND DECISIONS ACT 2016 (NO. 69 OF 2016) - SECT 114

After section 98(2) of the Mental Health Act 2014 insert —

    "(3)     Electroconvulsive treatment must not be performed on an other applicable person if, at any time before or during the course of electroconvulsive treatment—

        (a)     the person develops the capacity to give informed consent and does not consent to the electroconvulsive treatment; or

        (b)     the person who gave informed consent under section 96(2A)(a)(ii) withdraws consent.".