Guardianship and Administration Act 1990

If a researcher does not commence or discontinues medical research in relation to a research candidate in accordance with a research decision or urgent medical research decision, the researcher is taken for all purposes to have done so in accordance with a valid decision, even if an effect of doing so is to worsen the severity of the candidate’s condition or the prognosis for the candidate.

However, subsection (1) does not apply to the extent that an act or omission of a researcher is inconsistent with —

section 110ZR(4) or (7)(b) or 110ZS(2) or (5); or

section 110ZT; or

a decision made under Division 5.