Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998
58Psychosurgery
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58 Psychosurgery behaviour does not include behaviour that is secondary to a paroxysmal cerebral dysrhythmia. psychosurgery means: (a) the use of a technique or procedure (including a surgical technique or procedure), or of intracerebral electrodes, to create in a person's brain a lesion that, by itself or together with any other lesion created at the same time or any other time, is intended to permanently alter the thoughts, emotions or behaviour of the person; or (b) the use of intracerebral electrodes to stimulate a person's brain, without creating a lesion, with the intent that, by itself or together with any other stimulation at the same time or any other time, the stimulation will, temporarily, influence or alter the thoughts, emotions or behaviour of the person. (2) A person must not perform psychosurgery on another person.