sec.262AProtection for health provider

### sec.262A Protection for health provider This section applies if— an adult’s health provider withheld or withdrew a life-sustaining measure for the adult on or after 1 July 2000 and before the commencement of this section; and at the time the measure was withheld or withdrawn the health provider reasonably considered— the adult had impaired capacity for the health matter concerned; and the commencement or continuation of the measure for the adult would have been inconsistent with good medical practice. The withholding or withdrawal of the measure is taken— for section 79—to have been health care for which consent was properly given under this Act; and for section 80—to have been health care authorised by this Act. s 262A ins 2001 No. 95 s 15 (sec.262A-ssec.1) This section applies if— an adult’s health provider withheld or withdrew a life-sustaining measure for the adult on or after 1 July 2000 and before the commencement of this section; and at the time the measure was withheld or withdrawn the health provider reasonably considered— the adult had impaired capacity for the health matter concerned; and the commencement or continuation of the measure for the adult would have been inconsistent with good medical practice. (sec.262A-ssec.2) The withholding or withdrawal of the measure is taken— for section 79—to have been health care for which consent was properly given under this Act; and for section 80—to have been health care authorised by this Act. - (a) an adult’s health provider withheld or withdrew a life-sustaining measure for the adult on or after 1 July 2000 and before the commencement of this section; and - (b) at the time the measure was withheld or withdrawn the health provider reasonably considered— (i) the adult had impaired capacity for the health matter concerned; and (ii) the commencement or continuation of the measure for the adult would have been inconsistent with good medical practice. - (i) the adult had impaired capacity for the health matter concerned; and - (ii) the commencement or continuation of the measure for the adult would have been inconsistent with good medical practice. - (i) the adult had impaired capacity for the health matter concerned; and - (ii) the commencement or continuation of the measure for the adult would have been inconsistent with good medical practice. - (a) for section 79—to have been health care for which consent was properly given under this Act; and - (b) for section 80—to have been health care authorised by this Act.