Draft Assisted Dying (Jersey) Law 202- (P.65/2025): fifth amendment (P.65/2025 Amd.(5)) – comments
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STATES OF JERSEY
DRAFT ASSISTED DYING LAW 202- (P.65/2025): FIFTH AMENDMENT (P.65/2025 AMD.(5)) – COMMENTS
Presented to the States on 13th February 2026 by the Minister for Health and Social Services
STATES GREFFE
2025 P.65 Amd.(5) Com.
COMMENTS
PAGE 167, ARTICLE 45 and PAGE 167, NEW ARTICLE 46: Amendments to offence to coerce or dishonestly induce decision
The Minister for Health and Social Services accepts Amendment 5 as proposed by the Assisted Dying Review Panel noting that Article 45, as amended provides for an offence related to inducing a decision to have an assisted death, and the new Article 46 as inserted provides for an offence of coercing a decision to not have an assisted death.
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P.65/2025 Amd.(5) Com.