Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EUTHANASIA LAWS ACT 1997 No. 17 of 1997 - SCHEDULE 3

Schedule 3-Amendment of the Norfolk Island Act 1979 1 After paragraph 19(2)(c)
Add:

   (d)  which permit or have the effect of permitting (whether subject to
        conditions or not) the form of intentional killing of another called
        euthanasia (which includes mercy killing) or the assisting of a person
        to terminate his or her life. 2 After subsection 19(2) Insert:

(2A) The Legislative Assembly does have power to make laws with respect to:

   (a)  the withdrawal or withholding of medical or surgical measures for
        prolonging the life of a patient but not so as to permit the
        intentional killing of the patient; and

   (b)  medical treatment in the provision of palliative care to a dying
        patient, but not so as to permit the intentional killing of the
        patient; and

   (c)  the appointment of an agent by a patient who is authorised to make
        decisions about the withdrawal or withholding of treatment; and

   (d)  the repealing of legal sanctions against attempted suicide.

[Minister's second reading speech made in-
House of Representatives on 28 October 1996
Senate on 12 December 1996]