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20 June 2007 - Home — Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria 20六月2007家的公共辩护律师办公室，维多利亚.doc

The role of the Public Advocate Preliminary position paper January 2010 Contact: Dr. John Chesterman Manager, Policy and Education The Office of the Public Advocate Prepared by: Barbara CarterThe Office of the Public Advocate Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Background 3 3. Current legislation 4 4. Key Issues 5 4.1 Title of the Act 5 4.2 Separating the Public Advocate and Public Guardian functions 6 4.3 Advocacy 6 4.4 Omission of Neglect 8 4.5 Investigative function 9 4.6 Reports to Parliament 9 4.7 Guardian of last resort 10 4.8 Private guardians 10 4.9 Range of disability 11 4.10 Framework of current provisions 12 4.11 Community Visitors 12 4.12 Delegation of responsibility under the Medical Treatment Act 1988 12 4.13 Supported decision-making 13 Conclusion 13 Appendices 14 Appendix 1 – GAA s14-18 14 Appendix 2 – GAA s4 19 Appendix 3 – GAA s28 19 1. Introduction The Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) is currently reviewing the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 (the Act). Amongst its Terms of Reference is: In particular, the Commission is to have regard to: f) the functions, powers and duties of the Public Advocate. This paper considers the functions, powers and duties of the Public Advocate under the current Act, the experience of the Public Advocate in operating under the current legislation, and makes some preliminary proposals for the new Act. 2. Background The position of Public Advocate as a statutory appointee of Parliament is unique to Australia. Whilst other countries have set up Public Guardians and Public Trustees (each known by a variety of terms), only Australia has set up a Public Advocate within its guardianship legislation incorporating such roles as individual advocacy, investigations of applications before the Tribunal, guardianship, systemic advocacy, community education and advice. Another feature of Australian legislation is the separation of guardianship from administration (financial management). In most other countrie