GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2019 - SECT 26 Who is entitled to notice of an application, the hearing and any order made in the proceeding?

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2019 - SECT 26

For the purposes of sections 72(1), 99(1) and 116(2) of the VCAT Act, the following persons are entitled to a notice referred to in each of those sections—

        (a)     any party to a proceeding on an application under this Part;

        (b)     the spouse or domestic partner of the proposed represented person, if any;

        (c)     the primary carer of the proposed represented person, if any;

        (d)     any person referred to in the application as having a direct interest in the application;

        (e)     in the case of an application for a guardianship order, the Public Advocate, if no person is proposed as guardian;

        (f)     any other person VCAT directs be given notice.

Note

Section 72(1) of the VCAT Act provides that an applicant for a VCAT order must serve a copy of the application on each party, each other person entitled to notice of the application under the enabling enactment (which is this Act) and each other person that VCAT so directs. Section 99(1)(b) of the VCAT Act provides that the principal registrar of VCAT must give notice of the time and place for the hearing of a proceeding to a person entitled to notice of the proceeding or hearing under the enabling enactment. Section 116(2)(a) of the VCAT Act provides that VCAT must give a copy of any order it makes in a proceeding to each party and each other person entitled to notice of the proceeding or of the order under the enabling enactment.