Victorian Numbered Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 65

    (1)     For the purposes of section 46(b) and (c) and section 64(4), a witness to the making of an administration request and the administration of the voluntary assisted dying substance must be—

        (a)     aged 18 years or more; and

        (b)     independent of the co-ordinating medical practitioner for the person to whom the voluntary assisted dying substance is to be administered.

    (2)     The witness who witnesses a person making an administration request and who witnesses the administration of the voluntary assisted dying substance must, in a co-ordinating medical practitioner administration form—

        (a)     certify in writing that—

              (i)     the person at the time of making the administration request appeared to have decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying; and

              (ii)     the person in requesting access to voluntary assisted dying appeared to be acting voluntarily and without coercion; and

              (iii)     the person's request to access voluntary assisted dying appeared to be enduring; and

        (b)     state that the co-ordinating medical practitioner administered the voluntary assisted dying substance to the person.