Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016
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28 Formal requirements
(1) An appointment of an appointed medical treatment decision maker—
(b) must include the full name, date of birth and address of the person making it; and
(c) must include any prescribed details in relation to any appointee; and
(d) subject to section 37, must be signed by the person making it; and
(e) may appoint more than one person as a medical treatment decision maker; and
(f) must be witnessed and certified in accordance with the requirements set out in section 36; and
(g) must be accepted by each appointee in accordance with section 29 before it comes into effect.
(2) The appointed medical treatment decision maker of a person is the first person listed in the appointment who is reasonably available and willing and able to act at the particular time.