Legislation

Section 26 – Effect of advance decisions

Introduction

The official explanatory notes to the act describe this section as follows: “This deals with the legal effect of a qualifying advance decision. If it is both valid and applicable it has the same effect as a contemporaneous refusal of treatment by a person with capacity. That is, the treatment cannot lawfully be given. If […]

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