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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 (NO. 2 OF 2013) - SECT 9 Informed consent for child who lacks capacity to decide on own assessment or treatment

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 (NO. 2 OF 2013) - SECT 9

Informed consent for child who lacks capacity to decide on own assessment or treatment

(1)  For the purposes of this Act, informed consent for the assessment or treatment of a child who lacks decision-making capacity may be given by a parent of the child.
(2)  To avoid doubt, for subsection (1) the informed consent of one parent is sufficient.
(3)  Informed consent for the assessment or treatment of a child who lacks decision-making capacity may be withdrawn before the assessment or treatment is made or provided, but only by each parent of the child consenting to the withdrawal of consent.
(4)  Nothing in this Act is to be taken to prevent the withdrawal under subsection (3) of consent to an assessment or a treatment before the assessment or treatment is made or provided and, if the consent is withdrawn, informed consent is not to be taken to have been given to the assessment or treatment.