Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019

This section applies if the patient has made a self‑administration decision and has not revoked it.

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

Subsection (2) is subject to section 66(6).

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

possess the prescribed substance for the purpose of preparing it and supplying it to a person referred to in paragraph (c); and

prepare the prescribed substance; and

supply the prescribed substance to the patient, the contact person for the patient or an agent of the patient.

The patient is authorised to —

receive the prescribed substance from an authorised supplier, the contact person for the patient or an agent of the patient; and

possess the prescribed substance for the purpose of preparing and self‑administering it; and

prepare the prescribed substance; and

self‑administer the prescribed substance.

The contact person for the patient is authorised as set out in section 67(1).

An agent of the patient is authorised to —

receive the prescribed substance from an authorised supplier; and

possess the prescribed substance for the purpose of supplying it to the patient; and

supply the prescribed substance to the patient.