Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019

Subsection (2) applies if an authorised supplier supplies a prescribed substance to a patient, the contact person for a patient or an agent of a patient (the recipient).

The authorised supplier must, when supplying the prescribed substance, inform the recipient, in writing, of the following —

that the patient is not under any obligation to self‑administer the substance;

how to store the substance in a safe and secure way;

how to prepare and self‑administer the substance;

that, if the patient decides not to self‑administer the substance, their contact person must give the substance to an authorised disposer for disposal;

that, if the patient dies, their contact person must give any unused or remaining substance to an authorised disposer for disposal.

If the recipient is not the patient, the authorised supplier must, when supplying the prescribed substance, advise the recipient to give the information provided under subsection (2) to the patient.