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In forceAmendment of section 12—Provisions that cannot be included in advance care directives
Schedule 1Related amendments and transitional provisions etc
Part 2Amendment of Advance Care Directives Act 2013
3 Amendment of section 12—Provisions that cannot be included in advance care directives
(1)
Section
12(1)(a)(i) and (ii)—delete subparagraphs (i) and (ii) and substitute:
(i)
that is unlawful, or that would require an unlawful act to be performed;
or
(2)
Section
12—after subsection (1) insert:
(1a)
An advance care directive cannot constitute a request for voluntary assisted dying (however described), however nothing in this subsection prevents a person from expressing their preferences or wishes in relation to voluntary assisted dying in an advance care directive.
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