Substitute decision‑maker may renounce appointment
27 Substitute decision‑maker may renounce appointment
Subject to this section, a substitute decision‑maker appointed under an advance care directive may, by notice in writing given to the person who gave the advance care directive, renounce their appointment.
Subject to this Act and to any provision of the advance care directive to the contrary, the powers and responsibilities of another substitute decision‑maker appointed under an advance care directive are not affected merely because a substitute decision‑maker has renounced their appointment under subsection (1).
If the sole substitute decision‑maker appointed under an advance care directive wishes to renounce their appointment during a period in which the person who gave the advance care directive is not competent, the appointment may only be renounced with the permission of the Tribunal.
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See also section 32 (Revocation of advance care directives where person is not competent etc) and section 51 (Orders of Tribunal in relation to substitute decision‑makers).
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