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TRANSPLANTATION AND ANATOMY ACT 1978 - SECT 19

When written consent not sufficient authority

    (1)     A document that purports to be a consent given in accordance with section 8, 9 or 13 (1) is not sufficient authority for a medical practitioner to remove tissue if—

        (a)     the medical practitioner has been informed that the consent has been revoked; or

        (b)     the medical practitioner knows or has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a certificate given for section 10 or 13 (2), as the case may be, in relation to that document contains a false statement; or

        (c)     for a document that purports to be a consent given in accordance with section 13 (1)—the medical practitioner has been informed that the child is no longer in agreement with the removal and transplantation of the tissue.

    (2)     A document that purports to be an order of the kind mentioned in section 16A is not sufficient authority for a medical practitioner to remove tissue if the medical practitioner has been informed that the order has been revoked.



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