Western Australian Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2019 - SECT 186

186 .         Section 27 amended

                In section 27(1):

            (a)         in paragraph (a)(ii) delete “Act or under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 ” and insert:

                Act, the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 or the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019

            (b)         in paragraph (b) delete “Act or by or under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 ” and insert:

                Act, the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 or the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019

Notes

This is a compilation of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019	27 of 2019	19 Dec 2019	Pt. 1 (other than Div. 2-4): 19 Dec 2019 (see s. 2(a)); Act other than Pt. 1 Div. 1: 1 Jul 2021 (see s. 2(b) and SL 2021/83 cl. 2)

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term         Provision(s)
access standard         156(1)
administering practitioner         5
administering practitioner transfer form         63(3)
administration         5
administration decision         5
administration decision and prescription form         60(1)
ambulance officer         115(1)
applied provisions         109(1)
approved form         5
approved training         5
audiovisual communication         158(1)
authorised disposal form         5, 76(1)
authorised disposer         5, 79(4)
authorised health professional         80(1)
authorised official         159(1)
authorised supplier         5, 79(2)
authorised supply form         74(1)
Board         5
business day         5
cause of death certificate         82(1)
CEO         5
completed         5, 8
consultation referral form         33(1)
consulting assessment         5
consulting assessment report form         5, 40(2)
consulting practitioner         5
contact details         5
contact person         5
contact person appointment form         5, 66(1)
coordinating practitioner         5
coordinating practitioner transfer form         157(4)
decision-making capacity         5, 6(2)
Department         5
designated period         48(1)
disability         5
document         124(1)
eligibility criteria         5
eligible applicant         83
family member         5
final request         5
final request form         50(1)
final review         5
final review form         5, 51(1)
first assessment         5
first assessment report form         5, 29(2)
first request         5
first request form         22(1)
general registration         17(1)
health care worker         10(1)
health facility         162(1)
health service         5
ineligible witness         44(1)
information         124(1)
information about a proceeding         107(1)
interpreter         162(1)
judicial member         92(1)
lifesaving treatment         115(1)
limited registration         17(1)
medical practitioner         5
medication chart         70(1)
medicine         5
member         5
metropolitan region         5
misconduct         128(1)
new practitioner         63(3)
non-judicial member         92(1)
nurse practitioner         5
original practitioner         63(1), 157(1)
palliative care and treatment         5
party to the proceeding         83
patient         5
personal information         5
practitioner administration decision         5, 56(1)
practitioner administration form         5, 61(3)
practitioner disposal form         5, 78(1)
prepare         5
prescribe         5
prescribed substance         5
prescription         5, 70(3)
professional care services         5
protected person         115(1)
provisional registration         17(1)
public sector employee         92(1)
publish         107(1)
recipient         72(1)
regional resident         5
registered health practitioner         5
request and assessment process         5
request for access to voluntary assisted dying         100(1)
review application         83
reviewed decision         83
revocation form         57(3)
Schedule 4 poison         69(1)
Schedule 8 poison         69(1)
self-administration decision         5, 56(1)
specialist registration         17(1)
structured administration and supply arrangement         81(1)
supply         5
Tribunal         5
unused or remaining substance         77(4)
voluntary assisted dying         5
voluntary assisted dying decision         6(1)
voluntary assisted dying substance         5, 7(2)
witness         61(3)
written declaration         5