Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024

This section applies if—

an individual has made an administration decision; and

if the individual has a self-administration decision in effect—a contact person appointment is in effect for the individual; and

if the individual has a practitioner administration decision in effect—the individual has an administering practitioner; and

the individual’s coordinating practitioner has given the individual any information prescribed by regulation.

The coordinating practitioner may prescribe 1 or more approved substances that, either alone or in combination, are of a sufficient dose to cause the death of the individual.

A prescription must include any information prescribed by regulation.

Within 4 business days after the day they prescribe an approved substance under subsection (2), the individual’s coordinating practitioner must give the board written notice of the prescription.

An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.