Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In section 7(1)
delete the definition of prescriber and insert:
prescriber means —
(a) in
relation to a Schedule 4 or 8 poison (other than a voluntary assisted dying
substance prescribed for the purposes of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act
2019 ) — an authorised health professional who has authority to
prescribe the poison; or
(b) in
relation to a voluntary assisted dying substance prescribed for the purposes
of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 — a person who is authorised by
that Act to prescribe the substance;
(2) In section 7(1) in
the definition of prescription :
(a)
delete paragraph (a) and insert:
(a) sets
out particulars of the poison, or a substance that contains the poison, that
is —
(i)
to be used by, or administered to, a person named in the
document for therapeutic purposes or for the purposes of the
Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 ; or
(ii)
to be administered to an animal described in the document
for therapeutic purposes;
and
(b)
delete paragraph (c) and insert:
(c)
complies with —
(i)
any requirements prescribed by the regulations; or
(ii)
if the poison is a voluntary assisted dying substance
that is to be used or administered for the purposes of the
Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 , any requirements under that Act or
prescribed by the regulations to the extent they are consistent with that Act.
(3) In section 7(3):
(a) in
paragraph (b)(i)(I) delete “a person — ” and insert:
a person or for the
use of, or administration to, a person under the
Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 —
(b) in
paragraph (b)(ii) after “obtain” insert:
or receive