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Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016
41Offence to purport to act as an appointed medical treatment decision maker or a support person
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41 Offence to purport to act as an appointed medical treatment decision maker or a support person
(1) A person must not purport to act as an appointed medical treatment decision maker of another person if the person is not the appointed medical treatment decision maker of that other person.
Penalty: 600 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years or both.
(2) A person must not purport to act as the support person of another person if the person is not the support person of that other person.
Penalty: 600 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years or both.