Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022

The contact person for the patient is authorised to—

receive the prescribed substance from an authorised supplier, and

possess the prescribed substance for the purposes of paragraphs (c)–(e), and

prepare the prescribed substance for self-administration by the patient, and

supply the prescribed substance to the patient, and

give the prescribed substance, or any unused or remaining prescribed substance, to an authorised disposer as required by section 125.

The patient’s contact person must inform the patient’s coordinating practitioner if the patient dies, whether as a result of self-administering the prescribed substance or from some other cause.