Variation in Sex Characteristics (Restricted Medical Treatment) Act 2023

Within 3 months after starting reportable treatment in relation to a prescribed person, the doctor who was responsible for the treatment must—

tell the president, in writing, that the treatment has been undertaken; and

provide the following information:

if the treatment was undertaken under a treatment plan—details of the plan;

the prescribed person’s age;

the prescribed person’s variation in sex characteristics;

anything else prescribed by regulation.

In this section:

excluded condition means a condition prescribed for section 7 (1), definition of variation in sex characteristics, paragraph (c).

reportable treatment means—

restricted medical treatment under a treatment plan; and

urgent restricted medical treatment; and

if an excluded condition is prescribed for this paragraph—a surgical or medical procedure or treatment in relation to the condition that would be restricted medical treatment if the condition were not an excluded condition.

Example—par (c)

ABC syndrome (hypothetical) is a variation in sex characteristics excluded under s 7 (1), def variation in sex characteristics, par (c). Treatment of a prescribed person for ABC syndrome is, therefore, not restricted medical treatment under s 8. ABC syndrome is prescribed for par (c) above, which means treatment described in the definition of restricted medical treatment in s 8 in relation to that condition is subject to the reporting requirements under this section and s 44.