Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2024 - SECT 108

    (1)     A facility operator must have a policy that—

        (a)     sets out how the operator will comply with its obligations under division 7.2; and

        (b)     complies with any requirements prescribed by regulation.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     The facility operator must publish its policy in a way that is likely to come to the attention of the following people:

        (a)     a resident of the facility;

        (b)     an individual who accesses the website for the facility;

        (c)     an individual who tells the facility operator that the individual or a family member of the individual is interested in becoming a resident of the facility.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

Examples—publishing information in way likely to come to individual's attention

1     including the policy in a brochure about the facility operator

2     displaying the policy on signs at the facility

    (3)     If a person asks the facility operator for its policy, the operator must make the policy available to the person within 2 business days after the day the person asks for it.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (4)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.