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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
17Referral for advice about eligibility requirements
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17 Referral for advice about eligibility requirements
(1) If an individual’s coordinating practitioner is unable to decide
whether the individual meets an eligibility requirement, the
coordinating practitioner must refer the individual to another person
who, in the opinion of the coordinating practitioner, has the
appropriate skills and training to provide advice about whether the
individual meets the eligibility requirement.
(2) The coordinating practitioner must not refer the individual to a person
who the coordinating practitioner knows or believes—
(b) is a beneficiary under the will of the individual; or
(c) may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way
(other than by receiving reasonable fees for the provision of
services relating to the referral) from—
or