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107 Obligations if individual wants information about
(1) This section applies if an individual, or their agent, tells the facility
operator, orally or in writing, that the individual wants information
about voluntary assisted dying.
(2) Within 2 business days after the day the request is made, the facility
operator must give the individual, in writing, the contact details for
the approved care navigator service.
Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.
(4) The facility operator must allow an employee or other official of the
approved care navigator service to have reasonable access to the
individual at the facility at a time that is acceptable to the individual
if—
(a) the individual consents to seeing the employee or other official;
and
(b) the employee or other official is seeking the access for the
purpose of giving the individual the requested information.