Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill [AS AMENDED AT STAGE 2] CONTENTS Section Eligibility to be provided with lawful assistance to voluntarily end own life 1 Assisted dying for terminally ill adults 2 Terminal illness 3 Eligibility Lawful provision of assistance to end life: preliminary steps 4 Request for assistance: first declaration 4A Registered medical practitioner unable or unwilling to act: duty to direct 5 Requirement for proof of identity 6 Medical practitioners’ assessments 7 Assessment under section 6: further provision 8 Medical practitioners’ statements 9 Period for reflection 10 Request for assistance: second declaration 11 Cancellation of declarations 12 Signing by proxy 13 Recording of declarations and statements 14 Recording of cancellations 14A Right to advocacy 14B Advocacy service standards Lawful provision of assistance to end life 15 Provision of assistance 16 Final statement 17 Death certification 18 Conscientious objection 18A No duty to raise assisted dying 19 Criminal liability for providing assistance 20 Civil liability for providing assistance Regulation of assisted dying services outwith National Health Service 20A Provision of assistance outwith National Health Service General and final provisions 20B Raising assisted dying with a person under 18 21 Offence SP Bill 46A Session 6 (2025) ii Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill 21A Offence of advertising assisted dying 22 Limitations on effect of Act 22A Assessment of likely impact of Act on palliative and end of life care services 22B Code of practice on interaction with palliative and end of life care services 23 Guidance 23A Duty to provide information 24 Provision of information by Public Health Scotland to Scottish Ministers 25 Provision of information to Public Health Scotland 26 Annual report 27 Review of operation of Act 28 Regulation-making powers 29 Interpretation 30 Modification of declarations and statements 31 Ancillary provision 32 Commencement 33 Short title Schedule 1—Form of first declaration Schedule 2—Medical practitioners’ assessments: form of statements Schedule 3—Form of second declaration Schedule 4—Form of final statement by coordinating registered medical practitioner Schedule 5—Disqualification from being a witness or proxy 1 Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill Amendments to the Bill since the previous version are indicated by sidelining in the right margin.