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Guardianship and Administration Act 1995
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### 40 Urgent medical or dental treatment
> Medical or dental treatment may be carried out on a person to whom this Part applies without consent given in accordance with this Division if the medical practitioner or dentist carrying out or supervising the treatment considers the treatment is necessary, as a matter of urgency –
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> > > (a) to save the person's life; or
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> > > (b) to prevent serious damage to the person's health; or
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> > > (c) except in the case of special treatment, to prevent the person from suffering or continuing to suffer significant pain or distress.