15When person’s communication under Act may be made by another person

15 When person’s communication under Act may be made by another person

(1)  In this section –

relevant communication means any of the following:

(a) a first request;

(b) a statement to a relevant practitioner under section 16 ;

(c) the designation of a person, under section 18(4) , section 30(3)(a)(ii) , section 53(3)(b) , section 82(1)(b) or (4) , section 83(2)(b)(ii) or section 85(2)(b) , to complete and sign, or complete or sign, a document on another person’s behalf;

(d) a permission given by a person for the purposes of section 38(2)(b) ;

(e) any other communication made to a relevant practitioner, in relation to a communication referred to in another paragraph of this definition;

(f) any other communication made as part of, or in relation to, the voluntary assisted dying process;

relevant practitioner, in relation to a person, means the PMP, CMP or AHP in relation to the person.

(2)  A relevant communication that may be made or given by a person (the VAD person) to a relevant practitioner under this Act may, if –

(a) the VAD person is unable to communicate to a person who is unfamiliar with the VAD person’s method of communication; and

(b) the VAD person’s means of communication is comprehensible to another person who is familiar with the VAD person or the method of communication –

be made to the relevant practitioner by the other person, if the relevant practitioner is satisfied as to the relevant matters in relation to the VAD person and the other person.

(3)  A relevant communication that may be made or given by a person (the VAD person) to a relevant practitioner under this Act may, if the VAD person is unable to communicate to the relevant practitioner in a language in which both the VAD person and the relevant practitioner are fluent, be made by another person who is fluent in that language, if the relevant practitioner is satisfied as to the relevant matters in relation to the VAD person and the other person.