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Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991
32OInterested person may withdraw health attorney’s
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32O Interested person may withdraw health attorney’s
consent to low-risk research
(1) This section applies if a health attorney consents to a protected person
participating in low-risk research under section 32D.
(2) An interested person for the protected person may withdraw the
health attorney’s consent.
(3) If the interested person withdraws the consent, any data or bodily
tissue collected from the protected person while the person was
participating in the research must be removed from the research,
unless the interested person agrees, in writing, that the data or bodily
tissue may be kept.
interested person, for a protected person, means each of the following:
(a) if, despite section 32A, definition of protected person,
paragraph (b), the protected person has appointed an attorney
under an enduring power of attorney—the attorney;
(b) if, despite section 32A, definition of protected person,
paragraph (c), the ACAT has appointed a guardian for the
person—the guardian;
(c) the protected person.