MEDICAL TREATMENT PLANNING AND DECISIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 16 Formal requirements

MEDICAL TREATMENT PLANNING AND DECISIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 16

    (1)     An advance care directive—

        (a)     must be in writing in English; and

        (b)     must include the full name, date of birth and address of the person giving it; and

        (c)     subject to subsection (2), must be signed by the person giving it; and

        (d)     must be witnessed and certified in accordance with the requirements set out in  section 17.

    (2)     A person may sign an advance care directive at the direction of the person giving the directive if the person signing—

        (a)     is an adult; and

        (b)     is not a witness to the signing of the document.