178Information about voluntary assisted dying

178 Information about voluntary assisted dying

178 Information about voluntary assisted dying

(1) An authorised official may make information about voluntary assisted dying publicly available.

(2) Information may be made available under this section using any method of communication, including electronic communication, that the authorised official considers appropriate.

(3) However, subsection (2) does not authorise the use of a method of communication if, or to the extent that, the use is contrary to or inconsistent with a law of the Commonwealth.

(4) The Health Secretary may, by Gazette notice, designate persons, or persons in a class, as authorised officials for the purposes of this section.

(5) In this section—

authorised official means—

(a) the Health Secretary, or

(b) a public service officer employed in the Ministry of Health, or

(c) a person designated as an authorised official under subsection (4).