sec.43When final request may be made

### sec.43 When final request may be made The final request may not be made— before the end of the designated period, except as provided in subsection (2) ; and in any case, until the day after the day on which the consulting assessment that assessed the person as meeting the requirements of a consulting assessment was completed. The final request may be made before the end of the designated period if— in the opinion of the coordinating practitioner, the person is likely to die, or to lose decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying, before the end of the designated period; and the opinion of the coordinating practitioner is consistent with the opinion of the consulting practitioner for the person as expressed in the consulting assessment. In this section— designated period means the period of 9 days from and including the day on which the person made the first request. (sec.43-ssec.1) The final request may not be made— before the end of the designated period, except as provided in subsection (2) ; and in any case, until the day after the day on which the consulting assessment that assessed the person as meeting the requirements of a consulting assessment was completed. (sec.43-ssec.2) The final request may be made before the end of the designated period if— in the opinion of the coordinating practitioner, the person is likely to die, or to lose decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying, before the end of the designated period; and the opinion of the coordinating practitioner is consistent with the opinion of the consulting practitioner for the person as expressed in the consulting assessment. (sec.43-ssec.3) In this section— designated period means the period of 9 days from and including the day on which the person made the first request. - (a) before the end of the designated period, except as provided in subsection (2) ; and - (b) in any case, until the day after the day on which the consulting assessment that assessed the person as meeting the requirements of a consulting assessment was completed. - (a) in the opinion of the coordinating practitioner, the person is likely to die, or to lose decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying, before the end of the designated period; and - (b) the opinion of the coordinating practitioner is consistent with the opinion of the consulting practitioner for the person as expressed in the consulting assessment.