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In forceUnauthorised administration of voluntary assisted dying substance
Part 9Offences
140 Unauthorised administration of voluntary assisted dying substance
(1)
A person must not administer a voluntary assisted dying substance to another person unless the person is authorised to do so under section 53(6).Maximum penalty—14 years imprisonment.
(2)
A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person administers a medicine to another person under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019.
(3)
An offence against subsection (1) is a crime.
(4)
In this section—
medicine see the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019, section 11.
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