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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
106Obligation to make access to relevant person reasonably
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106 Obligation to make access to relevant person reasonably
practicable
(1) This section applies if the facility operator does not transfer the
individual under section 105 because the individual’s deciding
practitioner decides that the transfer is unreasonable in the
circumstances.
(2) If the individual consents to seeing the relevant person, the facility
operator must take reasonable steps to allow the relevant person to
have access to the individual at the facility at a time that is acceptable
to the individual.
(3) If the relevant person is unable to attend the facility to see the
individual at a time that is acceptable to the individual, the facility
operator must take reasonable steps to allow another relevant person
to have access to the individual at the facility at a time that is
acceptable to the individual if the individual consents to seeing the
other relevant person.
Other obligations Division 7.3
(4) A facility operator commits an offence if the operator—
(a) is required to take reasonable steps to allow a relevant person to
have reasonable access to an individual at the facility under
subsection (2) or (3); and
(b) fails to take reasonable steps to allow a person to have
reasonable access to the individual at the facility.