Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024

A person may act as a coordinating practitioner for an individual only if they—

are an authorised coordinating practitioner; and

do not have a personal interest in relation to the individual.

A person may act as a consulting practitioner for an individual only if they—

are an authorised consulting practitioner; and

do not have a personal interest in relation to the individual.

A doctor must be either the coordinating practitioner or the consulting practitioner for an individual.

A person may act as an administering practitioner for an individual only if they—

are an authorised administering practitioner; and

do not have a personal interest in relation to the individual.

For this section, a person has a personal interest in relation to an individual if the person—

is a family member of the individual; or

knows or believes they are a beneficiary under the will of the individual; or

knows or believes they may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way (other than by receiving reasonable fees for the provision of services relating to their role as the coordinating practitioner, consulting practitioner or administering practitioner) from—

assisting the individual to access voluntary assisted dying; or

the death of the individual.

98 Acting as coordinating practitioner, consulting practitioner or administering practitioner when requirements to act not met

A person commits an offence if the person—

acts as the coordinating practitioner, consulting practitioner or administering practitioner for an individual; and

does not meet the requirements in section 97 (Requirements for acting as coordinating practitioner, consulting practitioner or administering practitioner).

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 12 months or both.

Part 6 Conscientious objections—health practitioners and health service providers