Moved by
Lord Carlile of Berriew
5: Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
“(2) Subsection (1) only applies where the person—
(a) has capacity commensurate with a decision to end his or her own life and has a clear, settled and voluntary intention to end his or her own life;
(b) has made a written declaration to that effect in the form of the Schedule before two independent witnesses, one of whom must be a solicitor in practice; and
(c) on the day the declaration is made—
(i) is aged 18 or over; and
(ii) has been ordinarily resident in England and Wales for not less than one year immediately prior to making the declaration at paragraph (b).”