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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
89AHP may supply VAD substance to person
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### 89 AHP may supply VAD substance to person
> > (1) If there is a private self-administration certificate in relation to a person, the person’s AHP may, if the AHP is authorised to do so under [subsection (2)](#GS89@Gs2@EN) , supply to the person the VAD substance.
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> > (2) A person’s AHP is authorised to supply to a person a VAD substance, if –
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> > > > (a) the AHP has, as the person’s PMP, been supplied the substance under [section 71(1)](#GS71@Gs1@EN) or was supplied the substance under [section 74](#GS74@EN) by the person’s PMP; and
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> > > > (b) to do so is in accordance with the statement of the person included in the person’s final permission in accordance with [section 82(3)(c)](#GS82@Gs3@Hpc@EN) or [(d)](#GS82@Gs3@Hpd@EN) ; and
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> > > > (c) [subsection (3)](#GS89@Gs3@EN) does not apply in relation to the AHP.
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> > (3) A person’s AHP is not authorised to supply a VAD substance to the person if –
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> > > > (a) the person has informed the AHP under [section 16(1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; or
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> > > > (b) the AHP has been notified under [section 16(4)(b)](#GS16@Gs4@Hpb@EN) by the person’s PMP that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying.
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> > (4) The VAD substance to be supplied, under this section, to the person is to be a VAD substance that is supplied to the person’s AHP for self-administration by the person.