Section 25Part 3 — ADVANCE HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVES
Withdrawal of directive-maker's consent to health care
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Where —
the directive-maker has expressed, or expresses, a wish to a registered practitioner to withdraw consent to the provision of particular health care, or health care of a particular type, under the directive; and
the wish was or is expressed while the directive-maker is mentally competent,
the registered practitioner shall treat the consent as withdrawn.
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the registered practitioner shall provide the health care if —
the directive expressly provides that the consent cannot be withdrawn because of a change in the directive-maker's wishes; and
the registered practitioner is not satisfied the directive-maker's current state of mind is a conscious wish to override that provision.
Any act or omission that took place before the withdrawal shall be valid if it was done or made in the course of acting on the directive and done or made in good faith and without negligence.