Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2024 (NO. 24 OF 2024) - SECT 58

    (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 given the individual any information prescribed by regulation.

    (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.