Western Australian Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2019 - SECT 96

96 .         Tribunal to give written reasons for decision

        (1)         The Tribunal must give written reasons for a decision made in respect of a review application.

        (2)         The Tribunal must give a copy of the written reasons to —

            (a)         each party to the proceeding; and

            (b)         the coordinating practitioner for the patient if the coordinating practitioner is not a party to the proceeding; and

            (c)         the consulting practitioner for the patient if the consulting practitioner is not a party to the proceeding; and

            (d)         if the role of administering practitioner for the patient has been transferred under section 63(2), the administering practitioner for the patient; and

            (e)         the CEO; and

            (f)         the Board.

        (3)         A written transcript of the part of the proceeding in which the Tribunal’s reasons for the decision are given orally is sufficient to constitute written reasons for the purposes of this section.