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Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016
79Application of Division
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79 Application of Division
This Division applies if a medical research practitioner has taken reasonable steps in the circumstances to—
(a) locate a person's instructional directive (if any), but has been unable to do so; and
(b) identify and contact the medical treatment decision maker of the person to obtain consent to the administration of a medical research procedure to the person but has been unable to do so.