14When person is suffering intolerably in relation to relevant medical condition

### 14 When person is suffering intolerably in relation to relevant medical condition > For the purposes of this Act, a person is suffering intolerably in relation to a relevant medical condition if – > > > > (a) the person has a relevant medical condition; and > > > > > (b) persistent suffering that is, in the opinion of the person, intolerable is being caused to the person by any one or more of the following: > > > > > > > > (i) the relevant medical condition or the relevant medical condition together with the person’s other medical conditions; > > > > > > > > > (ii) anticipation of the suffering, or expectation, based on medical advice, of the suffering, that may arise from the relevant medical condition or from the relevant medical condition together with the person’s other medical conditions; > > > > > > > > > (iii) the treatment that the person has received or the combination of that treatment with the treatment of other medical conditions of the person; > > > > > > > > > (iv) anticipation of the suffering, or expectation, based on medical advice, of the suffering, that may arise from the treatment that the person may receive in relation to the relevant medical condition or the combination of that treatment with the treatment of the person’s other medical conditions; > > > > > > > > > (v) the complications of a medical kind arising from, or related to, the treatment of the relevant medical condition or the combination of that treatment with the treatment of the person’s other medical conditions; > > > > > > > > > (vi) anticipation of the suffering, or expectation, based on medical advice, of the suffering, that may arise from the complications of a medical kind arising from, or related to, the treatment of the relevant medical condition or the combination of that treatment with the treatment of the person’s other medical conditions; and > > > > > (c) there is no reasonably available treatment that, having regard to both the treatment and the consequences, including side effects of the treatment, is reasonably likely to – > > > > > > > > (i) improve the person’s relevant medical condition, or overall health and wellbeing, in a manner, to an extent, and in a period of time, that is acceptable to the person; and > > > > > > > > > (ii) in the opinion of the person, lessen the person’s suffering to an extent that is acceptable to the person.