97Administration of voluntary assisted dying substance

97 Administration of voluntary assisted dying substance

97 Administration of voluntary assisted dying substance

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the person has made an administration decision, and

(b) the person or the person’s agent advises the relevant entity that the person wishes to self-administer a voluntary assisted dying substance or have the person’s administering practitioner administer a voluntary assisted dying substance to the person, and

(c) the relevant entity does not provide, to persons to whom relevant services are provided at the residential facility, access to the administration of a voluntary assisted dying substance at the facility.

(2) If the person is a permanent resident at the residential facility, the relevant entity and any other entity that owns or occupies the facility must—

(a) if the person has made a practitioner administration decision—allow reasonable access to the person at the facility by the following persons—

(i) the person’s administering practitioner, for the practitioner to administer a voluntary assisted dying substance to the person,

(ii) any other person lawfully participating in the person’s request for access to voluntary assisted dying, including an eligible witness to the administration of the voluntary assisted dying substance by the person’s administering practitioner, or

(b) if the person has made a self-administration decision—

(i) allow reasonable access to the person at the facility by a person lawfully delivering a voluntary assisted dying substance to the person, and

(ii) allow reasonable access to the person at the facility by another person lawfully participating in the person’s request for voluntary assisted dying, and

(iii) not otherwise hinder access by the person to a voluntary assisted dying substance.

(3) If the person is not a permanent resident at the residential facility—

(a) the relevant entity must take reasonable steps to facilitate the transfer of the person to a place where the person may be administered or may self-administer a voluntary assisted dying substance, or