{"id":"advance-personal-planning-regulations-2014","name":"ADVANCE PERSONAL PLANNING REGULATIONS 2014","slug":"advance-personal-planning-regulations-2014","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174167,"registerId":"nt-advance-personal-planning-regulations-2014-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"ADVANCE PERSONAL PLANNING REGULATIONS 2014","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nADVANCE PERSONAL PLANNING REGULATIONS 2014\nAs in force at 1 July 2024\nTable of provisions\n1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1\n2 Requirements for advance personal plan ........................................ 1\n3 Authorised witnesses ....................................................................... 1\n5 Record keeping requirements.......................................................... 2\n6 Advance Personal Planning (Part 4A) Register ............................... 3\n7 Notices............................................................................................. 3\n8 Recognised interstate documents ................................................... 3\n9 Exercise of rights and powers under recognised interstate\ndocuments ....................................................................................... 3\n10 Certified copies of advance personal plans ..................................... 3\nSchedule Recognition of interstate documents\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 1 July 2024\n____________________\nADVANCE PERSONAL PLANNING REGULATIONS 2014\nRegulations under the Advance Personal Planning Act 2013\n1 Citation\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Advance Personal Planning\nRegulations 2014.\n2 Requirements for advance personal plan\n(1) For section 9(2)(b) of the Act, an advance personal plan made by\nan adult must contain the information required by this regulation.\n(2) The advance personal plan must contain the adult's:\n(a) full name; and\n(b) date of birth; and\n(c) residential address.\n(3) If the advance personal plan appoints one or more decision\nmakers, it must contain each decision maker's:\n(a) full name; and\n(b) residential address; and\n(c) phone number (if any); and\n(d) email address (if any).\n3 Authorised witnesses\n(1) For section 10(5)(b) of the Act, each of the following is an\nauthorised witness:\n(a) an accountant;\n(b) the chief executive officer of a local government council;\n\nAdvance Personal Planning Regulations 2014 2\n(c) a health practitioner;\n(d) a social worker;\n(e) the principal of a Northern Territory school.\n(2) In this regulation:\naccountant means one of the following:\n(a) a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in\nAustralia who holds a current Certificate of Public Practice\nissued by the Institute;\n(b) a member of the CPA Australia who holds a current Public\nPractice Certificate in accordance with the by-laws of CPA\nAustralia;\n(ba) a member of the Institute of Public Accountants ACN 004 130\n643 who holds a current Certificate of Professional Practice\nissued by the Institute;\n(c) a person who holds a current Public Practising Certificate\nissued by the Association of Taxation and Management\nAccountants;\n(d) a registered tax agent;\n(e) a person registered as an auditor under the Corporations\nAct 2001.\nhealth practitioner, see section 5 of the Health Practitioner\nRegulation National Law.\nprincipal, see section 5 of the Education Act 2015.\nsocial worker means a person who is eligible for full membership\nof the Australian Association of Social Workers.\n5 Record keeping requirements\n(1) For section 30(1)(b) of the Act, a decision maker must, at all times\nwhile the decision maker has authority to exercise financial\nmanagement powers for the adult, keep complete and up–to–date\nrecords of the adult's assets and liabilities.\n(2) The records must include:\n(a) sufficient information to identify each of the adult's assets and\nliabilities; and\n\nAdvance Personal Planning Regulations 2014 3\n(b) for each asset and liability, information related to:\n(i) all dealings and transactions with the asset or liability;\nand\n(ii) the condition and management of the asset or liability;\nand\n(c) any other information reasonably necessary to demonstrate\nthat the adult's property and financial affairs are being\nmanaged in accordance with the Act.\n6 Advance Personal Planning (Part 4A) Register\nFor section 55C of the Act, the Registrar-General may register a\ncertified copy of the part of an advance personal plan that\nauthorises a decision maker to enter into a dealing in relation to\nland.\n7 Notices\nA notice mentioned in section 55C(1)(c) or (d) of the Act must be:\n(a) in a form approved by the Registrar-General; or\n(b) if the Registrar-General has not approved a form, in writing.\n8 Recognised interstate documents\n(1) For the definition corresponding law in section 88(6) of the Act,\neach law listed in the Schedule is a corresponding law.\n(2) For the definition recognised interstate document in section 88(6)\nof the Act, each document listed in the Schedule in respect of a\ncorresponding law is a recognised interstate document.\n9 Exercise of rights and powers under recognised interstate\ndocuments\nFor section 88(5) of the Act, a person appointed by a recognised\ninterstate document to make decisions for the maker of the\ndocument cannot make a decision of a kind that a decision maker is\nprohibited from making by section 24 of the Act or section 30 of the\nHealth Care Decision Making Act 2023.\n10 Certified copies of advance personal plans\n(1) A document purporting to be a copy of an advance personal plan is\ntaken to be a true copy of the plan if it is certified in accordance with\nthis regulation.\n\nAdvance Personal Planning Regulations 2014 4\n(2) The last page of the document must be certified to the effect that\nthe document is a true and complete copy of the original advance\npersonal plan.\n(3) Each other page must be certified to the effect that it is a true and\ncomplete copy of the corresponding page of the original advance\npersonal plan.\n(4) Certification must be made by one of the following:\n(a) the adult who made the plan;\n(b) a commissioner for oaths;\n(c) a justice of the peace;\n(d) a public notary within the meaning of the Public Notaries\nAct 1992.\n(5) A document purporting to be a copy of a certified copy of an\nadvance personal plan is also taken to be a true copy of the plan if\nthe document is certified under this regulation.\n\nSchedule Recognition of interstate documents\nAdvance Personal Planning Regulations 2014 5\nSchedule Recognition of interstate documents\nregulation 8\nJurisdiction Corresponding law Recognised interstate\ndocument\nAustralian Capital\nTerritory\nMedical Treatment\n(Health Directions)\nAct 2006\nHealth direction\nPowers of Attorney\nAct 2006\nEnduring power of\nattorney\nNew South Wales Guardianship Act 1987 Appointment of\nenduring guardian\nPowers of Attorney\nAct 2003\nEnduring power of\nattorney\nQueensland Powers of Attorney\nAct 1998\nAdvance health\ndirective\nEnduring power of\nattorney\nSouth Australia Advance Care\nDirectives Act 2013\nAdvance care directive\nConsent to Medical\nTreatment and\nPalliative Care\nAct 1995\nAnticipatory direction\nMedical power of\nattorney\nGuardianship and\nAdministration Act 1993\nInstrument appointing\nenduring guardian\nPowers of Attorney and\nAgency Act 1984\nEnduring power of\nattorney\nTasmania Guardianship and\nAdministration Act 1995\nAppointment of\nenduring guardian\nPowers of Attorney\nAct 2000\nEnduring power of\nattorney\nVictoria Powers of Attorney\nAct 2014\nEnduring power of\nattorney\n\nSchedule Recognition of interstate documents\nAdvance Personal Planning Regulations 2014 6\nMedical Treatment\nAct 1988 (repealed)\nRefusal of treatment\ncertificate\nMedical Treatment\nPlanning and Decisions\nAct 2016\nAdvance care directive\nAppointment of\nappointed medical\ntreatment decision\nmaker\nWestern Australia Guardianship and\nAdministration Act 1990\nEnduring power of\nattorney\nEnduring power of\nguardianship\nAdvance Health\nDirectives\n\nENDNOTES\nAdvance Personal Planning Regulations 2014 7\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY\nKey to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nAdvance Personal Planning Regulations (SL No. 4, 2014)\nNotified 17 March 2014\nCommenced 17 March 2014\nStatute Law Revision Act 2014 (Act No. 38, 2014)\nAssent date 13 November 2014\nCommenced 13 November 2014\nEducation Act 2015 (Act No. 28, 2015)\nAssent date 10 December 2015\nCommenced pt 6, divs 2 and 4 and pt 7: 1 April 2016; pt 3: 1 July 2016;\nrem: 1 January 2016 (s 2)\nAdvance Personal Planning Amendment Regulations 2016 (SL No. 8, 2016 )\nNotified 27 April 2016\nCommenced 27 April 2016\nAdvance Personal Planning Amendment Regulations 2020 (SL No. 26, 2020 )\nNotified 5 August 2020\nCommenced 5 August 2020\nHealth Care Decision Making Act 2023 (Act No. 19, 2023)\nAssent date 17 August 2023\nCommenced 1 July 2024 (Gaz G13, 20 June 2024, p 2)\n3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1, 3 and 10.\n\nENDNOTES\nAdvance Personal Planning Regulations 2014 8\n4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\nr 3 amd Act No. 38, 2014, s 2; Act No. 28, 2015, s 195\nr 4 rep Act No. 19, 2023, s 77\nr 9 amd Act No. 19, 2023, s 78\nsch amd No. 8, 2016, r 3; No. 26, 2020, r 4","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: operationalising the Advance Personal Planning Act 2013 by setting out procedural requirements for making plans, witnessing, record keeping, and interstate recognition. There is no evidence of scope creep; the amendments visible in the endnotes are minor updates (adding a professional body for accountants, removing a repealed regulation, updating references to new health legislation) rather than expansion into new policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Short length (10 regulations plus a schedule)","Minimal cross-referencing—primarily references to the parent Act (Advance Personal Planning Act 2013) and a few other statutes","Straightforward definitions in regulation 3 (accountant, health practitioner, social worker, principal) with clear eligibility criteria","Simple tabular schedule listing interstate equivalents without complex conditional logic","No nested exceptions or heavily conditional provisions; most requirements are absolute (must contain, must keep, etc.)","Limited amendment history visible in the text (regulation 4 repealed, minor amendments to regulations 3 and 9)"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out the practical rules for making and using **advance personal plans** in the Northern Territory. An advance personal plan is a legal document where an adult can write down their wishes for future medical treatment and appoint trusted people (called **decision makers**) to make health and financial decisions on their behalf if they later lose capacity (the ability to make decisions for themselves).\n\n**What the regulations cover:**\n\n*   **What must go in the plan:** Your full name, date of birth, and address. If you appoint decision makers, you must include their name, address, phone number, and email.\n*   **Who can witness the plan:** A broader range of professionals than many people expect, including accountants, school principals, health practitioners (like doctors and nurses), social workers, and local government CEOs.\n*   **Record keeping for finances:** If someone is managing your money as your decision maker, they must keep detailed, up-to-date records of all your assets, debts, and transactions.\n*   **Land dealings:** Special rules allow the part of your plan dealing with property to be registered with the Registrar-General, similar to how property titles are recorded.\n*   **Recognition of interstate documents:** If you made a similar document in another Australian state or territory—such as an enduring power of attorney or advance care directive—it is recognised in the NT, though with some limitations on what decisions can be made.\n*   **Certified copies:** Rules for how to make legally valid copies of your plan, which must be certified by specific officials like justices of the peace or notaries.\n\n**Why this matters:** These rules ensure that advance personal plans are made properly, witnessed by appropriate people, and can be relied upon by hospitals, banks, and government agencies. They also help people who move to the NT from other states by ensuring their existing documents remain valid."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, the regulations appear to remain consistent with their original intent — providing the procedural and administrative framework for advance personal planning in the Northern Territory. The reprint (REPA063R1) suggests some amendments have occurred, but there is no indication of a material shift in scope away from the original purpose of the 2014 framework."},"complexity_factors":["Regulations are subordinate to a parent Act (Advance Personal Planning Act), so full understanding requires reading both documents together","Involves intersection of legal, medical, and administrative processes","Long delay between making (2020) and commencement (2024) suggests underlying implementation complexity","Deals with sensitive personal circumstances (incapacity, end-of-life planning) that can involve complex individual situations","Likely prescribes specific technical form requirements and procedural steps that must be followed precisely"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations implement the Advance Personal Planning Act (NT) by prescribing the formal requirements, forms and processes for making advance personal plans—documents that record healthcare and personal-care wishes or appoint decision‑makers for if you lose capacity. They affect Territorians planning ahead and the clinicians, aged‑care providers and lawyers who advise or accept these documents, ensuring plans are legally valid and reduce external decision‑making if incapacity occurs."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Regulations implement and specify procedural, evidentiary and administrative details required by the Advance Personal Planning Act (formal content of plans, authorised witnesses, record‑keeping, registration, recognition of interstate documents and certification). They do not expand substantive decision‑making powers beyond those in the Act or the Health Care Decision Making Act; they set mechanics and administrative discretion (Registrar‑General) for carrying the Act into effect."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑references to the Advance Personal Planning Act (requirements and procedural hooks) and to the Health Care Decision Making Act 2023 (r 9 references prohibited decision types).","Detailed witness eligibility rules that rely on external professional definitions and certificates (r 3(1)–(2)).","Prescriptive record‑keeping obligations for decision‑makers covering identification, dealings, condition and management of assets (r 5).","Registrar‑General discretion over registration of land‑dealing authorisations and approval of notice forms (rr 6–7).","Comprehensive Schedule recognising a range of interstate instruments and corresponding laws, creating cross‑jurisdictional recognition mechanics (r 8 and Schedule).","Certification formalities for copies and certified copies with specified certifiers (r 10), which affect evidentiary handling and administrative practice.","Potential administrative and compliance costs concentrated on appointed decision‑makers (record keeping, certification) and registry processes (registration and form approval)."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set the formal rules for advance personal plans in the Northern Territory: what information a plan must contain, who may witness it, how decision‑makers must keep financial records, how certified copies are made, how land‑dealing authorisations may be registered, and which interstate advance instruments are recognised. They affect adults making plans, the people they appoint to decide for them (who incur record‑keeping and certification duties), authorised witnesses and the Registrar‑General (who controls registration and notice forms)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/advance-personal-planning-regulations-2014","history":"/api/acts/advance-personal-planning-regulations-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/advance-personal-planning-regulations-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/advance-personal-planning-regulations-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/advance-personal-planning-regulations-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/advance-personal-planning-regulations-2014/documents"}}