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Eligibility to witness the signing of second request

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Part 3Requesting access to voluntary assisted dying and assessment of eligibility
Division 4Second request

38 Eligibility to witness the signing of second request

(1)

A person is eligible to witness the signing of the second request if the person—

(a)

is at least 18 years of age; and

(b)

is not an ineligible witness.

(2)

A person is ineligible to witness the signing of the second request if the person—

(a)

knows or believes that the person—

(i)

is a beneficiary under a will of the person making the request; or

(ii)

may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way from the death of the person making the request; or

(b)

is an owner, or is responsible for the management, of any health facility at which the person making the request is being treated or resides; or

(c)

is the coordinating practitioner or consulting practitioner for the person making the request.

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Section 38 — Eligibility to witness the signing of second request — Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 (Queensland) — Barrister AI