Victorian Numbered Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 40

    (1)     A person cannot be appointed as the contact person unless the person accepts the appointment.

    (2)     An appointment of the contact person must—

        (a)     be made in a contact person appointment form; and

        (b)     in the presence of another person who is aged 18 years or more, be signed by—

              (i)     the person making the appointment; and

              (ii)     the person being appointed.

    (3)     Despite subsection (2)(b)(i), a person may sign a contact person appointment form at the direction of the person making the appointment if—

        (a)     the person making the appointment is unable to sign the form; and

        (b)     the person signing—

              (i)     is aged 18 years or more; and

              (ii)     is not a witness to the signing of the form; and

              (iii)     is not the person to be appointed as the contact person.

    (4)     A person who signs a contact person appointment form on behalf of the person making the appointment must do so in that person's presence.

    (5)     If a person appoints a contact person with the assistance of an interpreter, the interpreter must certify on the contact person appointment form that the interpreter provided a true and correct translation of any material translated.

Note

Interpreters who assist in relation to requesting access to or accessing voluntary assisted dying must meet certain requirements—see section 115.