Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022

The Board must, within 6 months after the end of each financial year, prepare and give to the Minister a report on the operation of this Act during the financial year.

The report must include—

any recommendations the Board considers appropriate in relation to voluntary assisted dying, and

any information the Board considers relevant to the performance of its functions, and

the number of referrals made by the Board under section 136(1)(f), and

the text of any direction given to the Board under section 141(1) or 170(2), and

details of any disclosure under section 158(1) that relates to a matter dealt with in the report and of any resolution under section 160 about the disclosure, and

statistical information the Board is required to record and keep under section 170(1)(b) and (e)–(p), and

statistical information the Board is directed under section 170(2) to include in the report, and

information about the extent to which regional residents had access to voluntary assisted dying, including statistical information recorded and kept under section 170(1)(c), and having regard to the access standard under section 174.

The report must not include—

personal information about a patient, medical practitioner or other person who has participated in the request and assessment process or the process for accessing voluntary assisted dying under Part 4, or

information that would prejudice—

a criminal investigation or criminal proceeding, or

a civil proceeding, or

a proceeding in the Coroner’s Court of New South Wales.

The Minister must ensure a copy of the report is laid before each House of Parliament within 6 sitting days of the House after the day on which the Minister receives the report.