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Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016
11Interpreting an advance care directive
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11 Interpreting an advance care directive
Subject to any statement in an advance care directive to the contrary, a reference in an advance care directive to particular medical treatment includes a reference to any other medical treatment that is—
(a) of substantially the same kind; or
(b) only distinguishable on technical grounds not likely to be understood or appreciated by the person who gave the advance care directive.