Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Police Regulation Act 1958 - SECT 51

Payment of benefits if person is incapable

51. Payment of benefits if person is incapable

If a person who would ordinarily be entitled to receive benefits is-

   (a)  a person who is in the opinion of the ESS Board incapable of managing
        his or her affairs or of unsound mind; or

   (b)  an involuntary patient or a security patient within the meaning of the
        Mental Health Act 1986; or

   (c)  a represented person under the
        Guardianship and Administration Act 1986-

the ESS Board may cause his or her benefits or any part of the benefits to be
paid to his or her guardian or administrator, or, if there is no guardian or
administrator, to a person nominated by the ESS Board for the benefit of that
person and his or her dependants or any of them until he or she ceases to be
incapable or of unsound mind, a patient or a represented person.