Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022

A patient may make a written declaration requesting access to voluntary assisted dying if the patient has been assessed as eligible for access to voluntary assisted dying by—

the patient’s coordinating practitioner, and

the patient’s consulting practitioner.

The written declaration must be—

in the approved form, and

given to the patient’s coordinating practitioner.

The written declaration must—

state that the patient—

makes the declaration voluntarily, and

does not make the declaration because of pressure or duress, and

understands its nature and effect, and

be signed by the patient, or a person referred to in subsection (4), in the presence of 2 witnesses, and

include the following—

the patient’s name, date of birth and contact details,

if the patient was assisted by an interpreter—the interpreter’s name, contact details and accreditation details,

the name and contact details of the patient’s coordinating practitioner.

A person may sign the written declaration on behalf of the patient if—

the patient is unable to sign the declaration, and

the patient directs the person to sign the declaration, and

the person—

is an adult, and

is not a witness to the signing of the declaration, and

is not the coordinating practitioner or consulting practitioner for the patient making the declaration.

A person who signs the written declaration on behalf of the patient must do so in the patient’s presence.

If the patient makes the written declaration with the assistance of an interpreter, the interpreter must certify on the declaration that the interpreter provided a true and correct translation of any material translated.