Advance Care Directives Act 2013

Without limiting any other provision of this Act, a substitute decision‑maker may only make a decision under an advance care directive if—

the substitute decision‑maker produces the advance care directive at the request of a health practitioner who is to provide health care in accordance with the decision; and

the substitute decision‑maker is not prevented under this or any other Act or law from acting under the advance care directive; and

the substitute decision‑maker is competent at the time the decision is made.

For the purposes of this Act, a requirement that a substitute decision‑maker produce an advance care directive will be taken to be satisfied if—

the substitute decision‑maker produces a document that has been certified, in accordance with the regulations, as a true copy of the advance care directive; or

the substitute decision‑maker makes available a copy of the advance care directive in accordance with a scheme set out in the regulations in respect of electronic access to, or provision of, copies of advance care directives; or

the health practitioner to whom the advance care directive is to be produced accesses an electronic copy of the advance care directive in accordance with any requirements set out in the regulations.