Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022

For the purposes of section 43(3)(b), a person is eligible to witness the signing of a written declaration if the person—

is an adult, and

is not an ineligible witness.

For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a person is an ineligible witness if the person—

knows or believes the person—

is a beneficiary under a will of the patient making the declaration, or

may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way from the death of the patient making the declaration, or

is a family member of the patient making the declaration, or

is the coordinating practitioner or consulting practitioner for the patient making the declaration, or

is a family member or employee of the coordinating practitioner or consulting practitioner for the patient making the declaration.