17Inspection of register

17 Inspection of register

[Regulation 17 Inserted by S.R. 2022, No. 88, Applied:21 Nov 2022]

(1)  In this regulation –

register means the register kept by the Tribunal under section 89 of the Act.

(2)  Subject to subregulation (3) , the register is to be made available for inspection during normal business hours by members of the public.

(3)  Access to an advance care directive registered with the Tribunal under section 35X of the Act is available during normal business hours only to the following persons:

(a) the person who gave the advance care directive;

(b) a guardian for the person who gave the advance care directive, if that guardian has authority to make health care decisions in respect of that person;

(c) the person responsible under the Act for the person who gave the advance care directive;

(d) [Regulation 17 Subregulation (3) amended by S.R. 2024, No. 39, Applied:01 Sep 2024] a health practitioner providing health care to the person who gave the advance care directive;

(e) a hospital, hospice, health service establishment, nursing home or other health facility or service responsible for providing health care to the person who gave the advance care directive;

(f) any other person who the Tribunal is satisfied has a proper interest in accessing the advance care directive.