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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
140Deaths not suicide for purposes of law of State
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140 Deaths not suicide for purposes of law of State
For the purposes of the law of this State, a person who dies as the result of the administration to the person, in accordance with this Act, of a VAD substance or a substance under section 88 , or the self-administration by the person, in accordance with this Act, of a VAD substance, does not die by suicide.