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Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
sec.68Special health care
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### sec.68 Special health care
The tribunal may, by order, consent to special health care, other than electroconvulsive therapy or a non-ablative neurosurgical procedure, for an adult.
To the extent another entity is authorised by an Act to make a decision for an adult about prescribed special health care, the tribunal does not have power to make the decision.
For the application of the general principles and the health care principles to the tribunal and to an entity authorised by an Act to make a decision for an adult about prescribed special health care, see sections 11B and 11C .
s 68 amd 2003 No. 87 s 13 ; 2010 No. 2 s 96 sch 1 ; 2016 No. 5 s 923 sch 4 ; 2019 No. 9 s 98 sch 1
(sec.68-ssec.1) The tribunal may, by order, consent to special health care, other than electroconvulsive therapy or a non-ablative neurosurgical procedure, for an adult.
(sec.68-ssec.2) To the extent another entity is authorised by an Act to make a decision for an adult about prescribed special health care, the tribunal does not have power to make the decision. For the application of the general principles and the health care principles to the tribunal and to an entity authorised by an Act to make a decision for an adult about prescribed special health care, see sections 11B and 11C .