Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021

The coordinating practitioner for a person who has made a self-administration decision must, before prescribing a voluntary assisted dying substance for the person, inform the person, in writing, of the following—

the S4 substance or S8 substance, or combination of substances, constituting the substance;

that the person is not under any obligation to self-administer the substance;

that the substance must be stored in accordance with requirements prescribed by regulation;

how to prepare and self-administer the substance;

the expected effects of self-administration of the substance;

the period within which the person is likely to die after self-administration of the substance;

the potential risks of self-administration of the substance;

that, if the person decides not to self-administer the substance, their contact person must give the substance to an authorised disposer for disposal;

that, if the person dies, their contact person must give any unused or remaining substance to an authorised disposer for disposal;

the name of the authorised supplier who will be supplying the voluntary assisted dying substance;

the name of 1 or more registered health practitioners or class of registered health practitioners who are authorised disposers.

The coordinating practitioner for a person who has made a practitioner administration decision must, before prescribing a voluntary assisted dying substance for the person, inform the person, in writing, of the following—

the S4 substance or S8 substance, or combination of substances, constituting the substance;

that the person is not under any obligation to have the substance administered to the person;

the method by which the substance will be administered;

the expected effects of administration of the substance;

the period within which the person is likely to die after administration of the substance;

the potential risks of administration of the substance;

that, if the practitioner administration decision is made after the revocation of a self-administration decision, the person’s contact person must give any substance received by the person, the contact person or an agent of the contact person to an authorised disposer for disposal;

if the practitioner administration decision is made after the revocation of a self-administration decision—the name of 1 or more registered health practitioners or class of registered health practitioners who are authorised disposers.