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Paragraph 5

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Paragraph 4 does not apply in relation to—

(a)

treatment carried out under anaesthesia or intravenously administered sedation;

(b)

dental treatment carried out under general anaesthesia;

(c)

obstetric services and, in connection with childbirth, medical services;

(d)

the termination of pregnancies;

(e)

cosmetic surgery, with the exception of the procedures referred to in paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 1;

(f)

haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis;

(g)

endoscopy; or

(h)

the provision of hyperbaric therapy, being the administration of oxygen (whether or not combined with one or more other gases) to a person who is in a sealed chamber which is gradually pressurised with compressed air, where such therapy is carried out by or under the supervision or direction of a medical practitioner.