128LADisposal

128LA Disposal

128LA Disposal

(1) An authorised disposer or administering practitioner must not dispose of a voluntary assisted dying substance in a place or in a way likely to constitute a risk to the public.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) An authorised disposer or administering practitioner who destroys a voluntary assisted dying substance must do so in the presence of a relevant practitioner.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) In this clause—

relevant practitioner means the following—

(a) a medical practitioner,

(b) a pharmacist,

(c) a registered nurse.

Note—

See also the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022, sections 80–83, which concern the disposal of voluntary assisted dying substances, including the recording and notifying of disposal.

cl 128LA: Ins 2023 (548), Sch 1[6].