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Report 119 (2008) - Young people and consent to health care


Updates and background for this project (Digest)

Table of legislation


Commonwealth
Family Law Act 1975 ... 1.21

    Division 13A ... 6.15
    s 4 ... 6.3
    s 61C ... 2.49
    s 61C(1) ... 1.59
    s 61C(2) ... 6.7
    s 61C(3) ... 6.8
    s 61D ... 6.9
    s 61DA ... 6.11
    s 63C ... 6.8
    s 63E ... 2.49
    s 64B ... 6.9
    s 64B(2) ... 6.10
    s 64B (2)(d) ... 6.11
    s 64C ... 6.10
    s 65AA ... 6.11
    s 60CA ... 6.11
    s 65C ... 6.9
    s 65DAC(4) ... 6.15
    s 67ZC ... 6.19
    s 60B ... 2.52
    s 60CA ... 2.52
    s 60CB ... 6.11
    s 60CC ... 2.62
    s 60CG ... 6.11
    s 60H ... 3.6
    s 61B ... 2.49, 3.5, 6.6
    s 61C(1) ... 6.6
    s 65DAC ... 6.11
    s 67V ... 2.52
Family Law Reform Act 1995 ... 6.6
    s 31 ... 3.5
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986
    s 47 ... 2.10
Marriage Act 1961
    s 11-13 ... 2.39

New South Wales
Adoption Act 2000
    s 32 ... 6.56
    s 33 ... 6.56
Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection Act) 1998 ... 1.21, 3.11, 6.42
    Ch 9 ... 1.31, 7.18, 7.19, 8.37
    Ch 13 ... 3.11
    Part 2 ... 6.56
    s 3 ... 1.51, 6.5, 7.1
    s 8 ... 8.57
    s 9 ... 2.76, 8.57
    s 9(a) ... 2.52
    s 10 ... 7.21
    s 24 ... 6.20
    s 26 ... 6.20
    s 34 ... 4.52
    s 53 ... 7.20
    s 53(4) ... 7.24
    s 56(1) ... 7.24
    s 79(1)(b) ... 3.6
    s 99B ... 2.44
    s 99C ... 2.44
    s 113(1) ... 6.20
    s 113(2) ... 6.20
    s 135 ... 6.30
    s 157 ... 6.30
    s 173 ... 7.20-7.23
    s 174 ... 5.7, 7.1-7.5,7.8, 7.12, 7.18, 7.19
    s 174(1) ... 7.1, 7.19
    s 174(2) ... 7.1, 7.19
    s 174(3) ... 7.2, 7.19
    s 174(4) ... 7.2, 7.19
    s 175 ... 6.59, 6.60, 8.26
    s 175(1) ... 8.4, 8.19, 8.27
    s 175(2) ... 8.4
    s 175(2)(a) ... 8.15
    s 175(2)(b) ... 8.15, 8.27
    s 175(2)(c) ... 8.15, 8.27
    s 175(3) ... 8.37, 8.53
    s 175(5) ... 8.4, 8.18, 8.26, 8.27
    s 177(2) ... 6.30
    s 221 ... 1.51
    s 247 ... 8.27
Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Regulation 2000
    cl 15 ... 8.27
    cl 15(1)(a) ... 8.18
    cl 15(1)(b) ... 8.18, 8.31
    cl 15(1)(c) ... 8.18
Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1998
    s 3(1) ... 3.11
Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987
    s 20A(1) ... 7.12
    s 20B ... 8.22, 8.27
Children (Care and Protection) (Disability Services and Guardianship) Amendment Act 1987 ... 8.22
 
Children (Care and Protection) Further Amendment Act 1988 ... 8.22
 
Children (Care and Protection – General) Regulation 1988 ... 8.23
 
Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987
    s 5 ... 2.43
Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
    s 14(a) ... 6.38
    s 27(1) ... 6.38
    s 27(2) ... 6.39, 6.61
    s 27(3) ... 6.39
    s 28B ... 6.35
Children (Detention Centres) Regulation 2005
    cl 8(2) ... 6.39
Chiropractors Act 2001 ... 9.15
 
Civil Liability Act 2002 ... 9.9
    s 21 ... 9.10, 9.24
Commission for Children and Young Persons Act 1998
    s 10 ... 2.10
Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999
    s 73 ... 6.39, 6.61
Crimes (Detention Centres) Regulation 2005
    cl 8(1) ... 6.38
    cl 8(3) ... 6.38
    cl 8(4) ... 6.38
Crimes Act 1900
    s 66A-66D ... 2.38
    s 77 ... 2.38
Defamation Act 2005 ... 9.24
 
Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975 ... 9.15
 
Disability Services and Guardianship Act 1987 ... 8.22
 
Guardianship Act 1987 ... 1.21, 1.28, 4.35
    Pt 5 ... 1.30, 6.46, 6.47, 6.59, 8.37, 8.39
    s 3 ... 4.33, 6.42
    s 3D ... 6.44
    s 3D(2) ... 6.44
    s 3E ... 6.45
    s 4 ... 6.61
    s 15(1)(a) ... 6.30, 6.42
    s 32 ... 4.35, 6.41, 8.39
    s 32(b) ... 8.39
    s 33 ... 4.41, 4.45, 6.46
    s 33(1) ... 4.33, 6.98, 8.18
    s 33(2) ... 4.34, 8.16, 8.24
    s 33A ... 6.30
    s 33A(2) ... 4.33, 6.42
    s 33A(3) ... 6.42
    s 33A(4) ... 6.43
    s 33A(5) ... 6.46
    s 34(1) ... 8.16, 8.19
    s 35 ... 6.83
    s 36(1) ... 4.33, 8.16
    s 36(1)(a) ... 6.60
    s 36(2) ... 4.33
    s 37 ... 6.47
    s 37(1) ... 8.16
    s 37(1)(c) ... 7.11
    s 37 (2) ... 6.98
    s 37 (3) ... 6.97
    s 44(2) ... 8.39
    s 45(1) ... 8.38
    s 45(2) ... 8.38, 8.53
    s 45(3)(a) ... 8.38
    s 45(3)(b) ... 8.18, 8.38
    s 45(3)(c) ... 8.38
    s 45(3)(d) ... 8.38
    s 67 ... 8.70
Guardianship Regulation 2005
    cl 8 ... 8.38
    cl 8(a) ... 8.18
    cl 8(b) ... 6.98, 8.18
    cl 8(c) ... 8.18
    cl 8(d) ... 8.18
    cl 9 ... 8.38
    cl 9(a) ... 8.18
    cl 9(b) ... 8.18
    cl 10 ... 4.33
    cl 10(a) ... 6.98
    cl 10(b) ... 6.98
Health Care Complaints Act 1993 ... 1.52
    Part 2 Division 6A ... 3.26, 9.14
    s 3(2) ... 9.13
    s 7(1) ... 9.14
    s 14 ... 9.13
    s 39(1) ... 9.13
Health Care Liability Act 2001 ... 1.52
    s 4 ... 3.28
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2004 ... 1.39
 
Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 ... 1.54
 
Human Tissue Act 1983 ... 1.21, 1.28, 1.32-1.42
    s 2 ... 1.32
    s 4 ... 1.32, 6.22
    s 10 ... 1.32, 5.7
    s 11 ... 1.33, 5.7
    s 11A ... 5.7
    s 14 ... 1.33
    s 19 ... 1.35, 1.39, 5.7
    s 20 ... 1.36, 1.39, 5.7
    s 20A ... 1.37, 1.39, 5.7
    s 20B ... 1.38, 1.39
Liquor Act 1982
    s 114-115 ... 2.40
    s 116A ... 2.40
Married Persons (Equality of Status) Act 1996
    s 4(2) ... 6.22
Medical Practice Act 1992 ... 9.15
    s 36 ... 9.15
    s 37 ... 9.15
    s 39 ... 9.15
Mental Health Act 2007 ... 1.21
    s 3 ... 6.48
    s 6 ... 1.29, 6.50
    s 26 ... 6.49
    s 68(g) ... 6.56
    s 71(2) ... 6.51
    s 72 ... 6.51
    s 75 ... 6.49
Minors (Property and Contracts) Act 1970
    s 9 ... 3.10
    s 49 ... 1.19-1.20, 3.13
    s 49(4) ... 4.41
Nurses and Midwives Act 1991 ... 9.15
    s 19A ... 3.14
    s 20 ... 3.14
    s 78A ... 3.14
Optical Dispensers Act 1963 ... 9.15
 
Optometrists Act 2002 ... 9.15
 
Osteopaths Act 2001 ... 9.15
 
Pharmacy Act 1964 ... 9.15
 
Physiotherapists Act 2001 ... 9.15
 
Podiatrists Act 2003 ... 9.15
 
Psychologists Act 2001 ... 9.15
 
Public Health Act 1991
    s 13 ... 6.71
    s 14-16 ... 6.71
    s 58(1) ... 2.41
    s 58A ... 2.40
    s 59 ... 2.40
Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999
    cl 15CA ... 2.42
Summary Offences Act 1988
    s 11 ... 2.39
Supreme Courts Act 1970 ... 4.47

Australian Capital Territory
Medical Treatment Act 1994 ... 3.34
 
Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1978

    Part 2 Div 2.3, Div 2.5 ... 5.7

Northern Territory
Criminal Code 1983

    s 174(4)(b) ... 5.7
Natural Death Act 1988 ... 3.34

Queensland
Guardianship and Administration Act 2000

    s 80A ... 8.67
    s 80C(2) ... 8.67
    s 80D ... 8.67
    Sch 2 s 5(2) ... 3.34
Powers of Attorney Act 1998 ... 3.34
 
Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979
    Part 2 Div 2A ... 5.7
    s 18 ... 5.7
    s 20 ... 5.7

South Australia
Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act 1995 ... 1.52, 3.34

    s 4 ... 3.17, 6.58
    s 6 ... 5.7
    s 12 ... 5.7, 5.12, 5.15
    s 12(b)(i) ... 2.61
    s 13(1)(b) ... 7.10
    s 13(5) ... 7.14
Guardianship and Administration Act 1993
    s 61 ... 8.67
Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1983
    s 12-13 ... 5.7
    s 19 ... 5.7

Tasmania
Human Tissue Act 1985

    s 12 ... 5.7
    s 21 ... 5.7

Victoria
Human Tissue Act 1982

    Part 2 Div 3, s 22, 24 ... 5.7
Medical Treatment Act 1988 ... 3.34

Western Australia
Health Act 1911

    s 334 ... 6.85

Canada

British Columbia
Infants Act RSBC 1996 c 223

    s 17 ... 1.12
    s 17(1) ... 3.17
    s 17(2) ... 5.22
    s 17(3) ... 5.23-5.24
    s 17(3)(b) ... 2.61

New Brunswick
Medical Consent of Minors Act SNB 1976 c M-6.1

    s 1 ... 3.17
    s 2 ... 5.29
    s 3(1) ... 5.29

Ontario
Health Care Consent Act SO 1996 c 2
    Sch A s 2 ... 3.17, 5.26

Prince Edward Island
Consent to Treatment and Health Care Directives Act 1988 RSPEI 1988 c.C-17.2

    s 3 ... 5.28
    s 7(1) ... 5.28

Quebec
Civil Code RSQ 1992 c.C-1991

    art 14 ... 3.17, 5.30,
    art 16 ... 5.30
    art 17 ... 3.17, 5.30
    art 18 ... 5.30

New Zealand
Care of Children Act 2004

    s 8 ... 6.26
    s 15 ... 6.52
    s 36 ... 3.17, 6.84
    s 36(1)(b) ... 6.26
    s 36(3) ... 6.52
    s 36(5)(a) ... 5.33
    s 37 ... 3.17
    s 38 ... 6.85
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
    s 3 ... 3.17
    s 3(h) ... 3.17
    s 3(k) ... 3.17
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996 ... 5.33
 
Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
    s 5(1) ... 3.17
Interpretation Act 1999
    s 34 ... 3.17

United Kingdom
Family Law Reform Act 1969

    s 8 ... 4.8,5.31




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