02 September 2025
Today, Tuesday 2 September, the Minister for Health and Social Services on behalf of the
Council of Ministers, lodged Jersey’s draft assisted dying law.
It is anticipated that the draft law will be debated on 25 November 2025 following an extended
lodging period of 12 weeks, as opposed to the 6 weeks minimum requirement, to allow
Assembly members more time to fully consider the proposals.
If the draft law is approved by the States Assembly, there will be a minimum 18-month
implementation period before the law comes into effect. During the implementation period the
assisted dying service will be set up, this will include the training and registration of health and
care professionals who will work for that assisted dying service, and the development of
accessible public information on assisted dying.
Regulations underpinning the draft law will also be developed during the implementation
period including, for example, requirements related to the provision of independent advocates
for people requesting an assisted death.
The public are invited to attend information sessions during the lodging period to find out more
about the draft law and the proposed assisted dying service.
The first public information session will take place on Thursday 2 October at St Helier Town
Hall, 6.30-8pm.
There will also be separate briefing sessions for health and care professionals and dedicated
information sessions for disabled Islanders. Details will be available at gov.je/assisteddying.
Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Tom Binet, said: “I am pleased to be able to
present the draft law to the States Assembly on behalf of the Council of Ministers.
"The Government of Jersey commenced work on assisted dying in 2020. Since then, we have
seen a number of other jurisdictions bring forward assisted dying laws however, none of those
jurisdictions have undertaken such an extensive process of development or brought forward
such comprehensive draft legislation. We have done so because we acknowledge that
assisted dying is highly complex and emotive and I know that, in debating the draft law, our
Assembly will do justice to this important matter.”
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