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97 Requirements for acting as coordinating practitioner,
consulting practitioner or administering practitioner
(1) A person may act as a coordinating practitioner for an individual only
if they—
(a) are an authorised coordinating practitioner; and
Division 5.3
(2) A person may act as a consulting practitioner for an individual only
if they—
(a) are an authorised consulting practitioner; and
(3) A doctor must be either the coordinating practitioner or the consulting
practitioner for an individual.
(4) A person may act as an administering practitioner for an individual
only if they—
(a) are an authorised administering practitioner; and
(5) For this section, a person has a personal interest in relation to an
individual if the person—
(b) knows or believes they are a beneficiary under the will of the
(c) knows or believes they may otherwise benefit financially or in
any other material way (other than by receiving reasonable fees
for the provision of services relating to their role as the
coordinating practitioner, consulting practitioner or
administering practitioner) from—
or
Division 5.3 Requirements for coordinating practitioners, consulting practitioners and