Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2024 (NO. 24 OF 2024) - SECT 83

    (1)     This section applies if a health practitioner—

        (a)     is required to give the registrar-general notice under section 82; but

        (b)     is not required to give the board notice of the individual's death under section 79, section 80 or section 81.

    (2)     Within 4 business days after the day the health practitioner becomes aware of the individual's death, the health practitioner must give written notice of the death to—

        (a)     the board; and

        (b)     the director-general.

Maximum penalty (paragraph (a)): 20 penalty units.

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