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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
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### 7 Relevant information about eligibility
> For the purposes of this Act, ***the relevant information about eligibility***, in relation to a person, is information as to –
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> > > (a) whether the person has attained the age of 18 years; and
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> > > (b) whether the person meets the residency requirements; and
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> > > (c) whether the person has decision-making capacity; and
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> > > (d) whether the person is acting voluntarily; and
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> > > (e) whether the person is suffering intolerably in relation to a relevant medical condition; and
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> > > (f) the prognosis in relation to –
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> > > > > (i) the relevant medical condition or the relevant medical condition together with other medical conditions of the person; and
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> > > > > (ii) any complications of a medical kind that have arisen in relation to the treatment of the relevant medical condition or the combination of that treatment with the treatment of other medical conditions of the person; and
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> > > (g) the reasonably available treatment that may relieve the mental or physical suffering of the person that is related to (or that occurs in anticipation of the suffering, or in expectation, based on medical advice, of the suffering, that might arise from) –
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> > > > > (i) the relevant medical condition or the relevant medical condition together with other medical conditions of the person; or
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> > > > > (ii) the treatment of the relevant medical condition or the combination of that treatment with the treatment of other medical conditions of the person; or
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> > > > > (iii) complications of a medical kind that have arisen, or may arise, in relation to the treatment of the relevant medical condition or the combination of that treatment with the treatment of other medical conditions of the person.