AMENDMENTS AGREED TO: STERILISATION AMENDMENT BILL [B 12-2004

CLAUSE 2
  1. On page 2, from line 27, to omit paragraph (ii) and to substitute"

(ii) an independent medical practitioner who, before a panel is convened in terms of section 3(2), has consulted with the person to be sterilised and has provided a written opinion to the effect that the sterilisation is in the best interest of that person."

CLAUSE 3
  1. On page 3, line 23, to omit "derived" and to substitute "derive"
  2. On page 3, after line 24, to insert"
    1. by the deletion of subsection (6); and
    2. by the substitution for subsection (7) of the following subsection

"(7) For the purposes of this section, "[severe] mental disability" means a range of functioning extending from partial self-maintenance under close supervision, together with limited self-protection skills in a controlled environment through limited self care and requiring constant aid and supervision, to [severely] restrained sensory and motor functioning and requiring nursing care."