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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
84Private self-administration certificate
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### 84 Private self-administration certificate
> > (1) If –
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> > > > (a) a person gives to the person’s AHP a private self-administration request; and
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> > > > (b) the person’s AHP is satisfied that the person will be able to self-administer a VAD substance –
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> > the person’s AHP must complete and sign a private self-administration certificate.
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> > (2) A person’s AHP must not complete and sign a private self-administration certificate unless [subsection (1)](#GS84@Gs1@EN) applies.
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> > (3) For the purposes of this Act, a private self-administration certificate is an instrument, in the approved form, certifying that the person is entitled to self-administer a VAD substance in accordance with [section 91](#GS91@EN) and without the person’s AHP being required to comply with [sections 87](#GS87@EN) and [88](#GS88@EN) .
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> > (4) A person’s AHP must, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case within 48 hours, after completing and signing under [subsection (1)](#GS84@Gs1@EN) a private self-administration certificate in relation to the person, provide a copy of the certificate to –
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> > > > (a) the person; and
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> > > > (b) if the person’s AHP is not the person’s PMP, the person’s PMP; and
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> > > > (c) the Commission.