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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
65Giving, receiving and possessing approved substances—
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65 Giving, receiving and possessing approved substances—
(a) the administering practitioner functions for an individual are
transferred under section 46 or section 47; and
(b) the original administering practitioner is in possession of an
approved substance for the individual when the transfer takes
effect.
(2) Within 14 days after the day the administering practitioner functions
are transferred, the new administering practitioner may ask the
original administering practitioner to give the approved substance to
the new administering practitioner.
(3) The original administering practitioner must comply with a request
under subsection (2) within 2 days after the day it is made.
(4) If the original administering practitioner gives the substance to the
new administering practitioner, the new administering practitioner
may—
(a) receive the substance for a purpose mentioned in section 66 (2);
and
(b) possess the substance for a purpose mentioned in section 66 (2).
(5) Within 4 business days after the day the original administering
practitioner gives an approved substance to the new administering
practitioner, the original administering practitioner must—
(a) tell the board, by written notice, that they have given the
substance to the new administering practitioner; and
(b) tell the director-general, by written notice, that—
(i) the individual has a new administering practitioner; and
(ii) the original administering practitioner has given the
substance to the new administering practitioner.
(6) A written notice given under subsection (5) (b) must include any
(7) An offence against subsection (5) (a) is a strict liability offence.