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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
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8 Voluntary assisted dying not suicide
For the purposes of a territory law, and for the purposes of a contract,
deed or other instrument entered into in the ACT or governed by a
territory law, an individual who dies as the result of the administration
of an approved substance by or to the individual in accordance with
this Act—
(a) does not die by suicide; and
(b) is taken to have died from the condition mentioned in
section 11 (1) (b).