Section 17 Urgent treatment to alleviate serious sufferingI1

in subsection (1), for “Sections 57 and 58” substitute “Section 57”;

after subsection (1) insert—

“(1ZA)

Sections 57A and 58 do not apply to—

(a)

any treatment which falls within paragraphs (a), (b) or (d) of subsection (1), or

(b)

any treatment which falls within paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and is given to a patient who lacks capacity to consent to the treatment.”