Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017

A person may make a written declaration requesting access to voluntary assisted dying if the person has been assessed as eligible for access to voluntary assisted dying by—

the co-ordinating medical practitioner for the person; and

a consulting medical practitioner for the person.

The written declaration must—

specify that the person—

makes the declaration voluntarily and without coercion; and

understands the nature and the effect of the declaration the person is making; and

be signed by the person making the declaration in the presence of 2 witnesses and the co-ordinating medical practitioner.

Despite subsection (2)(b), a person may sign a written declaration at the direction of the person making the declaration if—

the person making the declaration is unable to sign the declaration; and

the person signing—

is aged 18 years or more; and

is not a witness to the signing of the declaration.

A person who signs a written declaration on behalf of the person making the declaration must do so in that person's presence.

If a person makes a written declaration with the assistance of an interpreter, the interpreter must certify on the declaration that the interpreter provided a true and correct translation of any material translated.