Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 14

14 .         Capacity of child to make decisions

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act, a child is presumed not to have the capacity to make a decision about a matter relating to himself or herself unless the child is shown to have that capacity.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act, if a child does not have the capacity to make a decision about a matter relating to himself or herself, the child’s parent or guardian may make the decision on the child’s behalf.