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VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2024 - SECT 147

Effect of ACAT decision that individual does not meet relevant requirement

    (1)     This section applies if the ACAT makes any of the following orders under section 145:

        (a)     an order that the individual does not have decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying;

        (b)     an order that the individual is not acting voluntarily and without coercion;

        (c)     an order that the individual has not lived in the ACT for at least the previous 12 months.

    (2)     If the order relates to a reviewable decision mentioned in schedule 1, items 1 to 12—

        (a)     the individual is taken not to have met the eligibility requirements; and

        (b)     the request and assessment process for the individual ends.

    (3)     If the order relates to a reviewable decision mentioned in schedule 1, items 13 to 20—

        (a)     the individual is taken not to have met the final assessment requirements; and

        (b)     the request and assessment process for the individual ends; and

        (c)     part 4 (Accessing voluntary assisted dying and death) does not apply to the individual.



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