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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
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147 Effect of ACAT decision that individual does not meet
relevant requirement
(1) This section applies if the ACAT makes any of the following orders
under section 145:
(a) an order that the individual does not have decision-making
capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying;
(b) an order that the individual is not acting voluntarily and without
coercion;
(c) an order that the individual has not lived in the ACT for at least
the previous 12 months.
(2) If the order relates to a reviewable decision mentioned in schedule 1,
items 1 to 12—
(a) the individual is taken not to have met the eligibility
(b) the request and assessment process for the individual ends.
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(3) If the order relates to a reviewable decision mentioned in schedule 1,
items 13 to 20—
(a) the individual is taken not to have met the final assessment
(b) the request and assessment process for the individual ends; and
(c) part 4 (Accessing voluntary assisted dying and death) does not
apply to the individual.