Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019

This section applies if the patient has made a practitioner 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.

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 the administering practitioner for the patient; and

prepare the prescribed substance; and

supply the prescribed substance to the administering practitioner for the patient.

The administering practitioner for the patient is authorised to —

receive the prescribed substance from an authorised supplier; and

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

prepare the prescribed substance.

The administering practitioner for the patient is authorised, in the presence of a witness, to administer the prescribed substance to the patient if the administering practitioner is satisfied at the time of administration that —

the patient has decision‑making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying; and

the patient is acting voluntarily and without coercion; and

the patient’s request for access to voluntary assisted dying is enduring.