Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021

This section applies if the person makes a practitioner administration decision.

The coordinating practitioner for the person is authorised to prescribe a voluntary assisted dying substance for the person that is of sufficient dose to cause death.

Subsection (2) is subject to section 59(6).

The authorised supplier who is given the prescription for the person is authorised to—

possess the voluntary assisted dying substance for the purpose of preparing it and supplying it to the administering practitioner for the person; and

prepare the substance; and

supply the substance to the administering practitioner for the person.

The administering practitioner for the person is authorised to—

receive the voluntary assisted dying substance from an authorised supplier; and

possess the substance for the purpose of preparing it and administering it to the person; and

prepare the substance.

The administering practitioner for the person is authorised to administer the voluntary assisted dying substance to the person, in the presence of an eligible witness, if the administering practitioner is satisfied at the time of administration that—

the person has decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying; and

the person is acting voluntarily and without coercion.