Section 4
Sexual sterilisation to be carried out in health institution
of Voluntary Sterilisation Act 1974
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Section 4
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), every treatment for sexual sterilisation must only be carried out —
(a)
in a health institution; and
(b)
by a registered medical practitioner who is authorised, by the person having the management or control of the health institution, to carry out such treatment.
(2)
Where the treatment for sexual sterilisation is carried out in a health institution that is a specialist medical clinic, the registered medical practitioner mentioned in subsection (1)(b) must also possess the prescribed surgical or obstetric qualifications.