Certain deaths following performance of abortion not reportable deaths
3B Certain deaths following performance of abortion not reportable deaths
Despite the definition of reportable death in section 3, a Western Australian death of a child is not a reportable death for the purposes of this Act if the death occurs in the following circumstances —
an abortion is performed on a person;
the child is born alive and subsequently dies following the performance of the abortion;
at the time the abortion is performed, the performance of the abortion does not constitute an offence under a written law.
Subsection (1) applies whether the death occurs before, on or after the day on which the Abortion Legislation Reform Act 2023 section 20 comes into operation.
[Section 3B inserted: No. 20 of 2023 s. 20.]
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