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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
82Notice of death if individual dies following administration
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82 Notice of death if individual dies following administration
of an approved substance
(1) This section applies if a health practitioner—
(a) is required to give the registrar-general written notice of the
death and cause of death of an individual under the Births,
Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997, section 35; and
(b) knows or believes on reasonable grounds that the individual died
after an approved substance was administered by or to the
individual under this Act.
(2) In the notice, the health practitioner—
(a) must state that the individual’s cause of death was the condition
mentioned in section 11 (1) (b); and
(b) must not include any reference to voluntary assisted dying as the
cause of death.
(3) The health practitioner must also give the registrar-general written
notice that the individual’s manner of death was the administration of
an approved substance by or to the individual under this Act.