Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021

A person cannot be appointed as the contact person unless the person accepts the appointment.

An appointment of the contact person must—

be made in a contact person appointment form; and

in the presence of another person who is aged 18 years or more, be signed by—

the person making the appointment; and

the person being appointed.

Despite subsection (2)(b)(i), a person may sign a contact person appointment form at the direction of the person making the appointment if—

the person making the appointment is unable to sign the form; and

the person signing—

is aged 18 years or more; and

is not a witness to the signing of the form; and

is not the person to be appointed as the contact person.

A person who signs a contact person appointment form on behalf of the person making the appointment must do so in that person's presence.

If a person appoints a contact person with the assistance of an interpreter, the interpreter must certify on the contact person appointment form that the interpreter provided a true and correct translation of any material translated.