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VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2024 (NO. 24 OF 2024) - SECT 154

Residency exemptions

    (1)     The director-general must, on application, grant an individual an exemption from the eligibility requirement mentioned in section 11 (1) (f) (i) if satisfied that the individual has a substantial connection to the ACT.

Examples—substantial connection to the ACT

1     an individual who has lived in a place close to the ACT border for at least the previous 12 months and who works in the ACT or receives medical treatment in the ACT

2     an individual who has moved to the ACT so that family, friends or carers who live in the ACT can provide care and support to the individual

3     an individual who previously lived in the ACT and whose family, friends or carers live in the ACT

4     an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander individual who has substantial connections with the ACT community and wishes to die on Country

5     an individual who has lived in the ACT for less than 12 months but who was diagnosed with a condition mentioned in s 11 (1) (b) after moving to the ACT

    (2)     An application must—

        (a)     be in writing; and

        (b)     include details about the individual's substantial connection to the ACT; and

        (c)     include any information prescribed by regulation.



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