New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 41C

41C Inducing another person to request or access voluntary assisted dying

(1) A person commits a crime if the person, by dishonesty or pressure or duress induces another person--

(a) to make a request for access to voluntary assisted dying, or

(b) to access voluntary assisted dying.

: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 7 years.

(2) In this section--

"pressure or duress" has the same meaning as in the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 .

"request for access to voluntary assisted dying" means any of the following under the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 --

(a) a first request,

(b) a written declaration,

(c) a final request,

(d) an administration decision.

"voluntary assisted dying" has the same meaning as in the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 .