“(3.1) The medical practitioner or nurse practitioner shall not provide a person with assistance in dying if the criteria in subsection (1) and the safeguards in subsection (3) have not been reviewed and verified in advance          

(a) by a competent legal authority designated by the province for that purpose; or         

(b)  if no designation is made under paragraph (a), by  a legal authority designated by the Minister of Health in conjunction with the Minister of Justice for that purpose.         

(3.2) The designation referred to in paragraph (3.1)(b) ceases to have effect if the province notifies the Minister of Justice that a designation has been made under paragraph (3.1)(a).”