End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
116Commission to determine VAD substances
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116 Commission to determine VAD substances
(1) The Commission is to determine to be VAD substances one or more substances, each of which, when the substance is administered to, or self-administered by, a person in accordance with the instructions of an AHP, is expected to cause the death of the person.
(2) A determination under subsection (1) is an instrument of an administrative character and is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .