35CInterpretation of Part

### 35C Interpretation of Part > > (1)  In this Part – > > > > > ***advance care directive form*** means a form approved by the Secretary of the Department for the giving of advance care directives or a form to similar effect; > > > > > ***authorised decision maker***, in relation to a person, means a person referred to in [section 35R(1)](#GS35R@Gs1@EN) who is authorised to provide consent or a refusal of consent to the provision of health care to that person; > > > > > ***binding provision*** – see [section 35M](#GS35M@EN) ; > > > > > [*\[Section 35C Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 2023, s. 23, Applied:01 Sep 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-09-01/act-2023-021#GS23@Hpf@EN) ***health care*** – see [section 35E](#GS35E@EN) ; > > > > > ***health care decision***, in relation to a person, means a decision regarding the provision of health care to that person; > > > > [*\[Section 35C Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 2023, s. 24, Applied:01 Sep 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-09-01/act-2023-021#GS24@Hpa@EN) > > > > > ***health service*** has the same meaning as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania); > > > > > ***life-sustaining measures*** means health care that supplants or maintains the operation of vital bodily functions that are temporarily or permanently incapable of independent operation, and includes assisted ventilation, the provision of nutrition and hydration through artificial means and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; > > > > [*\[Section 35C Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 2023, s. 24, Applied:01 Sep 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-09-01/act-2023-021#GS24@Hpb@EN) > > > > > ***non-binding provision*** – see [section 35M](#GS35M@EN) ; > > > > [*\[Section 35C Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 2023, s. 24, Applied:01 Sep 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-09-01/act-2023-021#GS24@Hpc@EN) > > > (2)  For the purposes of this Part, a reference to an act is to be taken to include a reference to an attempt to do the act, and a refusal or omission to act. > > > (3)  For the purposes of this Part, a reference to a provision of an advance care directive is to be taken to include a reference to a condition of, or instruction or direction in, an advance care directive. > > > (4)  Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Part to the provision of health care to a person is to be taken to include a reference to the withdrawal, or withholding, of health care to the person (including the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining measures). > > > (5)  Subject to any provision of an advance care directive to the contrary, a reference in an advance care directive to particular health care is to be taken to include a reference to any other health care that is of substantially the same kind, or that is only distinguishable on technical grounds not likely to be understood or appreciated by the person who gave the advance care directive.