Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2024 - SECT 66

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a practitioner administration decision is in effect for an individual; and

        (b)     the individual's coordinating practitioner has prescribed an approved substance under section 58 or section 59.

    (2)     The individual's administering practitioner may do the following in relation to the approved substance:

        (a)     prepare the substance for administration to the individual;

        (b)     administer the substance to the individual.

    (3)     However, the individual's administering practitioner must not administer the approved substance to the individual unless the administering practitioner—

        (a)     is satisfied, immediately before administering the substance, that the individual—

              (i)     has decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying; and

              (ii)     is acting voluntarily and without coercion; and

        (b)     administers the substance in the presence of an eligible witness.

    (4)     The witness to the administration of the approved substance must certify by written statement (a witness certificate ) that—

        (a)     the individual appeared to be acting voluntarily and without coercion; and

        (b)     the approved substance was administered to the individual in the presence of the witness.

    (5)     The witness must give the administering practitioner a copy of the witness certificate.

    (6)     In this section:

"eligible witness" means someone who is an adult.