Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A complaint about
a person referred to in section 33(1) alleging one or more of the matters
set out in section 33(2) may be made to the Director —
(a)
personally by a person with a disability;
(b) on
behalf of a person with a disability, by a person who under
subsection (2) is recognised as an advocate for the person; or
(c) by 2
or more persons —
(i)
on their own behalf; or
(ii)
on behalf of themselves and another person or other
persons.
(2) The Director may
recognise as an advocate for a person with a disability —
(a) a
person chosen as such by the person with a disability; or
(b) a
person not chosen by the person with a disability if, in the Director’s
opinion —
(i)
the person with a disability is unable personally to
complain and is unable personally to choose a person to be his or her
advocate; and
(ii)
the prospective advocate is a person who has a sufficient
interest in the subject matter of the complaint.
(3) A person who is
related (by blood or marriage) to a person with a disability may be his or her
advocate.
(4) A complaint
alleging the matter set out in section 33(2)(f) may be made to the
Director by a carer about a person who —
(a) is
referred to in section 33(1); and
(b) is
an applicable organisation as defined in section 4 of the Carers
Recognition Act 2004 .
[Section 32 amended by No. 44 of 1999
s. 22 and 23; No. 37 of 2004 s. 27.]