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Guardianship and Administration Act 1995
35NWhen advance care directives are in force
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35N When advance care directives are in force
(1) An advance care directive is taken to be in force from the time the advance care directive is witnessed in accordance with this Part.
(2) Subject to this Part, an advance care directive remains in force until the earliest of the following:
(a) if an expiry date is specified in the advance care directive, that date;
(b) it is revoked in accordance with this Act;
(c) the death of the person who gave the advance care directive.