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ARTICLE · 05 JULY 2022

Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 (NSW)

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The new Voluntary Assisted dying legislation in NSW will come into effect at the end of 2023.

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Karina Penfold
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On the 19th of May 2022, the NSW Parliament passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 (NSW).

Although the Bill has been passed, it will not come into effect until the end of 2023. There is an 18-months period to allow a Voluntary Assisted Dying Board to be created and implemented to ensure safeguarding of the practice. It will also allow medical practitioners to complete the mandatory training required to be able to assess patients electing voluntary assisted dying.

VIC and WA are the only states who have completed their 18-month waiting period and where the legislation is officially in use. Both states saw a significant number of people elect voluntary assisted dying as soon as the legislation came into effect, with 400 people registering for voluntary assisted dying in Victoria within the first 12 months of the legislation being enacted.

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