Victorian Numbered Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 121

After section 4(2) of the Coroners Act 2008 insert —

    "(3)     Despite subsection (2), the death of a person who has been administered or self-administered a voluntary assisted dying substance within the meaning of the  Voluntary Assisted Dying Act   2017  in accordance with that Act is not a reportable death.

Note

1.     Section 14 includes a power for a coroner to investigate whether or not a death is a reportable death. If the death of a person is or may be due to the self-administration or administration of a voluntary assisted dying substance within the meaning of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 other than in accordance with that Act, the coroner could investigate the death under section 14.

2.     Section 52(1) provides for a coroner to hold an inquest into any death that the coroner is investigating.".

Division 3—Amendment of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981