Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

VARIATION IN SEX CHARACTERISTICS (RESTRICTED MEDICAL TREATMENT) ACT 2023 (NO. 23 OF 2023) - SECT 43

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

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

        (b)     provide the following information:

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

              (ii)     the prescribed person's age;

              (iii)     the prescribed person's variation in sex characteristics;

              (iv)     anything else prescribed by regulation.

    (2)     In this section:

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

"reportable treatment "means—

        (a)     restricted medical treatment under a treatment plan; and

        (b)     urgent restricted medical treatment; and

        (c)     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.