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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
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108 Facility operator must have policy
(1) A facility operator must have a policy that—
(a) sets out how the operator will comply with its obligations under
division 7.2; and
(b) complies with any requirements prescribed by regulation.
(2) The facility operator must publish its policy in a way that is likely to
come to the attention of the following people:
(a) a resident of the facility;
(b) an individual who accesses the website for the facility;
(c) an individual who tells the facility operator that the individual
or a family member of the individual is interested in becoming
a resident of the facility.
Examples—publishing information in way likely to come to individual’s
attention
1 including the policy in a brochure about the facility operator
2 displaying the policy on signs at the facility
(3) If a person asks the facility operator for its policy, the operator must
make the policy available to the person within 2 business days after
the day the person asks for it.
Other obligations Division 7.3