(a) the patient is incapable of giving consent to the
operation or is capable of giving consent but refuses to give that consent or
neither gives nor refuses to give that consent, and
(b) it is necessary, as a
matter of urgency, to perform a surgical operation on the patient in order to
save the patient's life or to prevent serious damage to the patient's health
or to prevent the patient from suffering or continuing to suffer significant
pain or distress.
(a) the patient is incapable of giving consent to the operation, and
(b) it is necessary, as a matter of urgency, to perform a surgical operation
on the patient in order to save the patient's life or to prevent serious
damage to the patient's health or to prevent the patient from suffering or
continuing to suffer significant pain or distress.
(3) The consent is to be
in writing and signed by the person giving the consent.