Page 2741 - Week 09 - Thursday, 25 August 1994

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Page 10, lines 32 to 34, clause 31, omit the clause, substitute the following clause:

Repeal of Lunacy Act 1898 (NSW)

"31. The Lunacy Act 1898 (NSW) in its application in the Territory is repealed.".

Page 11, line 5, add at the end of Part V the following clauses:

Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991

"33A. (1) In this section, "Principal Act" means the Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991.

"(2) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by omitting "or" from paragraph (e) of the definition of "prescribed medical procedure";

(b) by inserting after paragraph (e) of the definition of "prescribed medical procedure" the following paragraph:

"(ea) treatment for psychiatric illness, convulsive therapy or psychiatric surgery; or"; and

"'convulsive therapy' means a procedure for the induction of an epileptiform convulsion in a person;

'neurosurgery' means surgery on the brain of a person for the purpose of treating a pathological condition of the physical structure of the brain;

'psychiatric illness' means a condition that seriously impairs (either temporarily or permanently) the mental functioning of a person and is characterised by the presence in the person of any of the following symptoms:

(a) delusions;

(b) hallucinations;

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