Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024

In this division:

deciding practitioner, for a decision about the transfer of an individual, means—

if the individual has a coordinating practitioner—the coordinating practitioner; or

if the individual does not have a coordinating practitioner—a treating doctor of the individual.

relevant person means—

for information about voluntary assisted dying—any person who can provide the information; and

for a request to access voluntary assisted dying—a person who is necessary for the exercise of a function under part 3 (Request and assessment process for access to voluntary assisted dying) or part 4 (Accessing voluntary assisted dying and death) in relation to an individual’s request for access to voluntary assisted dying.

104 Obligation to allow relevant person to have reasonable access to individual who wants information about or access to voluntary assisted dying

This section applies if the individual, or their agent, tells the facility operator, orally or in writing, that the individual wants—

information about voluntary assisted dying; or

to access voluntary assisted dying.

If the individual consents to seeing a relevant person, the facility operator must allow the relevant person to have reasonable access to the individual at the facility at a time that is acceptable to the individual.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.