49When final request may be made

49 When final request may be made

49 When final request may be made

(1) The final request must not be made—

(a) before the end of the designated period, except as provided in subsection (2), and

(b) until after the day on which the consulting assessment that assessed the patient as eligible for access to voluntary assisted dying was completed.

(2) The final request may be made before the end of the designated period if—

(a) in the reasonable opinion of the patient’s coordinating practitioner, the patient 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 coordinating practitioner’s opinion is consistent with the opinion of the patient’s consulting practitioner.