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 issued a prescription under section 58, or previously under this section; and

the individual’s coordinating practitioner is satisfied that it is appropriate to issue another prescription; and

the coordinating practitioner has—

undertaken a new assessment to decide whether the individual meets the final assessment requirements (a further final assessment); and

decided that the individual meets the final assessment requirements.

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.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

Section 36 (Notifying individual and board about outcome of final assessment) applies to a further final assessment as if a reference to a final assessment were a reference to a further final assessment.