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GUARDIANSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY ACT 1991 - SECT 5A What are a person's interests?

GUARDIANSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY ACT 1991 - SECT 5A

What are a person's interests?

A person's interests include the following:

        (a)     protection of the person from physical or mental harm;

        (b)     prevention of the physical or mental deterioration of the person;

        (c)     the ability of the person to—

              (i)     look after himself or herself; and

              (ii)     live in the general community; and

              (iii)     take part in community activities; and

              (iv)     maintain the person's preferred lifestyle (other than any part of the person's preferred lifestyle that is harmful to the person);

        (d)     promotion of the person's financial security;

        (e)     prevention of the wasting of the person's financial resources or the person becoming destitute.