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carrying out its duties. Requiring all steps in the Bill to be carried out face to face could also give rise to legal challenge on the basis of Article 14 when read with Article 8 of the ECHR. For example, excluding people who may have difficulties meeting face to face from accessing assisted dying may amount to indirect discrimination on the basis of disability or age, as certain groups may find it more difficult to meet face to face. Any differential treatment would need to be objectively and reasonably justified to be lawful.