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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
66Administering approved substances—administering
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66 Administering approved substances—administering
(2) The individual’s administering practitioner may do the following in
relation to the approved substance:
(a) prepare the substance for administration to the individual;
(b) administer the substance to the individual.
(3) However, the individual’s administering practitioner must not
administer the approved substance to the individual unless the
administering practitioner—
(a) is satisfied, immediately before administering the substance,
that the individual—
(i) has decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary
assisted dying; and
(ii) is acting voluntarily and without coercion; and
(b) administers the substance in the presence of an eligible witness.
(4) The witness to the administration of the approved substance must
certify by written statement (a witness certificate) that—
(a) the individual appeared to be acting voluntarily and without
coercion; and
(b) the approved substance was administered to the individual in the
presence of the witness.
(5) The witness must give the administering practitioner a copy of the
witness certificate.
eligible witness means someone who is an adult.