Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2024 - SECT 59

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     an individual has made an administration decision; and

        (b)     if the individual has a self-administration decision in effect—a contact person appointment is in effect for the individual; and

        (c)     if the individual has a practitioner administration decision in effect—the individual has an administering practitioner; and

        (d)     the individual's coordinating practitioner has issued a prescription under section 58, or previously under this section; and

        (e)     the individual's coordinating practitioner is satisfied that it is appropriate to issue another prescription; and

        (f)     the coordinating practitioner has—

              (i)     undertaken a new assessment to decide whether the individual meets the final assessment requirements (a  further final assessment ); and

              (ii)     decided that the individual meets the final assessment requirements.

    (2)     The coordinating practitioner may prescribe 1 or more approved substances that, either alone or in combination, are of a sufficient dose to cause the death of the individual.

    (3)     A prescription must include any information prescribed by regulation.

    (4)     Within 4 business days after the day they prescribe an approved substance under subsection (2), the individual's coordinating practitioner must give the board written notice of the prescription.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

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

    (6)     Section 36 (Notifying individual and board about outcome of final assessment) applies to a further final assessment as if a reference to a final assessment were a reference to a further final assessment.