Page 3524 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 12 October 1994

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Amendments (by Mr Connolly), by leave, agreed to:

Page 8, line 23, clause 22, subclause (1), omit "maximum relief from pain and suffering", substitute "relief from pain and suffering to the maximum extent that is reasonable in the circumstances".

Page 8, line 32, after Part III, insert the following Part:

PART IV - AMENDMENT OF POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1956

Principal Act

"24. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Powers of Attorney Act 1956.

Guardianship and consent to medical treatment under enduring power of attorney

"25. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by omitting from subparagraph (1)(b)(i) 'or';

(b) by adding at the end of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) 'or'; and

'(iii) the withholding or withdrawal of medical treatment.'.

Schedule

"26. The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by inserting in Part C of Form 2 ', or to the withholding or withdrawal of medical treatment,' after 'treatment' (first occurring);

(b) by inserting in Part C of Form 2 before clause 11 the following:

'If you sign this Part, any power of attorney under the Medical Treatment Act 1994 that you have previously signed will no longer have any effect.'; and

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