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Guardianship and Administration Act 1995
48GApproval to conduct health and medical research
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### 48G Approval to conduct health and medical research
> > (1) Subject to [subsection (2)](#GS48G@Gs2@EN) , a health and medical research practitioner may conduct health and medical research in relation to a person to whom this Part applies in the following circumstances:
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> > > > (a) the person has given an advance care directive that authorises the conduct of the health and medical research in relation to the person;
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> > > > (b) there is no advance care directive under [paragraph (a)](#GS48G@Gs1@Hpa@EN) and the person responsible for that person has consented to the conduct of the health and medical research in relation to that person;
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> > > > (c) the health and medical research is authorised under [section 48K](#GS48K@EN) and there is no –
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> > > > > > (i) advance care directive under [paragraph (a)](#GS48G@Gs1@Hpa@EN) ; or
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> > > > > > (ii) person responsible for that person who is available or able to give or refuse consent to the conduct of the research.
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> > (2) A health and medical research practitioner must not conduct health and medical research in relation to a person to whom this Part applies if the person has given an advance care directive that provides a clear and unambiguous refusal to the conduct of health and medical research in relation to that person.