Western Australian Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2019 - SECT 44

44 .         Certification of witness to signing of written declaration

        (1)         In this section —

        ineligible witness means a person who is an ineligible witness under section 43(2).

        (2)         A witness who witnesses the signing of a written declaration by the patient making the declaration must —

            (a)         certify in writing in the declaration that, in the presence of the witness, the patient appeared to freely and voluntarily sign the declaration; and

            (b)         state that the witness is not knowingly an ineligible witness.

        (3)         A witness who witnesses the signing of a written declaration by another person on behalf of the patient making the declaration must —

            (a)         certify in writing in the declaration that —

                  (i)         in the presence of the witness, the patient appeared to freely and voluntarily direct the other person to sign the declaration; and

                  (ii)         the other person signed the declaration in the presence of the patient and the witness;

                and

            (b)         state that the witness is not knowingly an ineligible witness.