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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.271Chief executive may authorise treatment
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### sec.271 Chief executive may authorise treatment
Despite any other Act or law, the chief executive is authorised to give consent to any medical treatment of a child in the chief executive’s custody if—
the medical treatment requires the consent of a guardian of the child; and
the chief executive is unable to ascertain the whereabouts of a guardian of the child despite reasonable inquiries; and
it would be detrimental to the child’s health to delay the medical treatment until the guardian’s consent can be obtained.
s 271 amd 1996 No. 22 s 73 ; 1998 No. 39 s 50
- (a) the medical treatment requires the consent of a guardian of the child; and
- (b) the chief executive is unable to ascertain the whereabouts of a guardian of the child despite reasonable inquiries; and
- (c) it would be detrimental to the child’s health to delay the medical treatment until the guardian’s consent can be obtained.