Reforming the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986
Submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission on reforming the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 (Carers Victoria, May 2010)
Reforming the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986
Submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission on reforming the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 (Carers Victoria, May 2010)
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This submission explores ways to balance the freedom and autonomy of people with capacity disabilities with the need to provide protective checks and balances.
We recommend the new Act be redrafted as enabling rather than protective legislation, placing people with capacity disabilities at the centre of all decisions affecting them.