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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
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24 Referral for advice about eligibility requirements
(1) If an individual’s consulting practitioner is unable to decide whether
the individual meets an eligibility requirement, the consulting
practitioner must refer the individual to another person who, in the
opinion of the consulting practitioner, has the appropriate skills and
training to provide advice about whether the individual meets the
eligibility requirement.
(2) The consulting practitioner must not refer the individual to a person
who the consulting 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