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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
67Giving, receiving and possessing approved substances—
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67 Giving, receiving and possessing approved substances—
change in contact person
(b) an approved supplier has supplied an approved substance under
(c) the appointment of the individual’s contact person ends and the
contact person (the original contact person) is in possession of
the approved substance when their appointment ends.
(2) Within 14 days after the day the appointment ends, the individual may
ask the original contact person to give the approved substance to—
(a) the individual; or
(b) if the individual has appointed another contact person (a new
contact person)—the new contact person.
(3) The original contact person must comply with a request under
subsection (2) within 2 days after the day it is made.
(4) The new contact person may receive the approved substance from the
original contact person for a purpose mentioned in section 61 (3) (b)
or (c).
(5) Within 4 business days after the original contact person gives an
approved substance to another person under subsection (2), the
original contact person must—
(a) tell the board, by written notice, that they have given the
substance to the individual or the new contact person; and
(b) tell the director-general, by written notice, that—
(i) the individual has a new contact person; and
(ii) the original contact person has given the substance to the
individual or the new contact person.
(6) A written notice given under subsection (5) (b) must include any
(7) An offence against subsection (5) (a) is a strict liability offence.