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1 Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are—

(a) to provide for and regulate access to voluntary assisted dying; and

(b) to establish the Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board; and

(c) to make consequential amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996, the Coroners Act 2008, the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 and other Acts.