Proposed amendment to SOP No 259
Paulo Garcia, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
Clause 10
In clause 10(2), replace paragraph (c) (page 10) with:
(c)
the person requesting the option to receiving assisted dying—
(i)
would be a person who is eligible for assisted dying if it were established under section 12 that the person is able to be confirmed as competent, by a medically approved testing method, to make an informed decision about assisted dying; and
(ii)
has afterwards confirmed that decision to the attending medical practitioner.