140Definitions

140 Definitions In this Part— ***medical treatment decision maker*** has the same meaning as in the **Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016**; ***patient*** means a person with a disability (irrespective of whether the person is or is not a represented person) who— (a) is of or over the age of 18 years; and (b) does not have decision-making capacity in relation to giving consent to the carrying out of a special medical procedure; ***special medical procedure*** means— (a) any procedure that is intended, or is reasonably likely, to have the effect of rendering permanently infertile the person on whom it is carried out; or (b) a termination of pregnancy; or (c) any removal of tissue for the purposes of transplantation to another person; or (d) any other medical treatment within the meaning of the **Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016** that is prescribed under this Act to be a special medical procedure for the purposes of this Part.