102Refusal of treatment certificates and agents under enduring powers of attorney (medical treatment)

102 Refusal of treatment certificates and agents under enduring powers of attorney (medical treatment)

(1) Despite the repeal of the Medical Treatment Act 1988—

(a) a refusal of treatment certificate under that Act that is in force immediately before that repeal continues in force until it is revoked or otherwise ceases to have effect in accordance with that Act; and

(b) for the purposes of paragraph (a), any relevant provision of that Act as in force immediately before its repeal is taken to continue in operation in relation to the refusal of treatment certificate despite its repeal.

(2) The appointment of an agent or an alternate agent under an enduring power of attorney (medical treatment) under the Medical Treatment Act 1988 that is in force immediately before that Act is repealed is taken, on and after that repeal, to be an appointment of an appointed medical treatment decision maker.