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VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 140

New section 8A inserted

After section 8 of the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 insert

        " 8A     Act does not apply to decisions about voluntary assisted dying

Nothing in this Act authorises the making of either of the following with respect to voluntary assisted dying within the meaning of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017

        (a)     a statement in an advance care directive;

        (b)     a decision by a medical treatment decision maker.".

Division 6—Amendment of the Pharmacy Regulation Act 2010



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