End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
66PMP may request Commission to issue VAD substance authorisation
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66 PMP may request Commission to issue VAD substance authorisation
(1) If a person’s PMP has determined a final request by the person by determining under section 55(a) that the person is eligible to access voluntary assisted dying, the person’s PMP (whether or not the person’s PMP was the person who made under section 55 the determination of the final request) must request the Commission, orally or in writing, to issue a VAD substance authorisation.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a person’s PMP if –
(a) the person has informed the PMP under section 16(1) that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; or
(b) the PMP has been notified under section 16(5)(b) by the person’s AHP that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying.