Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person who
conducts, or who assists in conducting, a medical procedure or other act in
relation to a child under a parentage testing order is not liable to any civil
or criminal action in relation to the proper conducting of the procedure or
act if it is done with the consent of —
(a) a
parent of the child; or
(b) a
guardian of the child; or
(c) a
person who, under a parenting order, has responsibility for the child’s
long-term or day-to-day care, welfare and development.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not affect any liability of a person for an act done negligently, or
negligently omitted to be done, in relation to conducting the medical
procedure or act.
[Section 199 amended: No. 35 of 2006 s. 163.]