Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Regulations made
under section 333 cannot make provision in relation to —
(a) the
performance of abortions; or
(b) any
matter related to or connected with the performance of abortions (including
births, still-births or neonatal deaths that result from the performance of
abortions).
(2) Despite anything
in sections 335 and 336A, no person is required under those provisions to give
any report or notification to the Chief Health Officer or to any other person
in relation to —
(a) the
performance of an abortion on a person; or
(b) any
birth, still-birth or neonatal death that results from the performance of the
abortion.
(3) If a person dies
as a result of the performance of an abortion on the person, or as a result of
any complications arising from or following upon the performance of an
abortion on the person, the death is to be treated as the result of pregnancy
for the purposes of section 336 and that section applies accordingly.
(4) This section does
not affect the obligations of a person under the
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998 .
[Section 332 inserted: No. 20 of 2023 s. 57.]