Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2024 (NO. 24 OF 2024) - SECT 156

    (1)     An interpreter for an individual who is accessing voluntary assisted dying or requesting access to voluntary assisted dying must not—

        (a)     be a family member of the individual; or

        (b)     know or believe they are a beneficiary under the will of the individual; or

        (c)     know or believe they may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way (other than by receiving reasonable fees for the provision of interpreting services) from—

              (i)     assisting the individual to access voluntary assisted dying; or

              (ii)     the death of the individual; or

        (d)     be an owner, or be responsible for the management, of a facility where the individual is a resident; or

        (e)     be directly involved in providing a health service, aged care service or personal care service to the individual.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), the director-general may authorise an interpreter to provide interpretation services for an individual requesting access to voluntary assisted dying if the director-general is satisfied that—

        (a)     no other interpreter is reasonably available; or

        (b)     there are exceptional circumstances for the authorisation.

    (3)     In this section:

"health service"—see the Health Act 1993

, section 5.

"facility"—see section 101 (1).

"personal care service"—see section 101 (2).

"resident", of a facility—see section 101 (1).