Updates and background for this project (Digest)

In a letter to the Commission received on 14 August 2002, the Attorney General, the Hon R J Debus MP, referred the following matter:

To inquire into and report on the laws relating to the consent of minors in New South Wales to medical treatment, with particular reference to:

(a) whether the rights and interests of minors and of parents and guardians are appropriately recognised;

(b) whether medical practitioners are adequately protected;

(c) whether codification and/or amendment of the law is necessary; and

(d) any related issues