Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018
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Review of relevant decision | ||
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16. (1) The review committee shall complete its review of a relevant decision as soon as may be but, in any event, not later than 7 days from the date on which the review committee was established and convened under section 15 (1). | ||
(2) Where the review committee, having examined the pregnant woman, has completed its review of the relevant decision and is of the reasonable opinion formed in good faith that— | ||
(a) (i) there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman, | ||
(ii) the foetus has not reached viability, and | ||
(iii) it is appropriate to carry out a termination of pregnancy in order to avert the risk referred to in subparagraph (i), | ||
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(b) there is present a condition affecting the foetus that is likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before, or within 28 days of, birth, | ||
the committee shall jointly certify their opinion as to the matters referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, and, as soon as may be, give notice in writing of its determination to the pregnant woman (or, if the application under section 13 (2) concerned was made by another person on behalf of the woman, to that other person and the pregnant woman) and the Executive. | ||
(3) Where the review committee makes a certification referred to in subsection (2), it shall make such arrangements as may be necessary for the carrying out of the termination of pregnancy to which that certification relates in accordance with section 9 or 11, as the case may be. | ||
(4) Where the review committee has completed its review of the relevant decision and is not of the opinion referred to in subsection (2)(a) or (b), it shall, as soon as may be, give notice in writing of its determination to the pregnant woman (or, if the application under section 13 (2) concerned was made by another person on behalf of the woman, to that other person and the pregnant woman) and the Executive. | ||
(5) In this section, “jointly certify”, in relation to the review committee, means that the members of the committee jointly make the certification concerned. |