26Effect of Statement of Principles

26  Effect of Statement of Principles

 (1) It is the intention of the Parliament that the Minister, the System Governor, the Commissioner, the Complaints Commissioner and any other person or body, performing functions or exercising powers under this Act, must have regard to the principles specified in section 25 when performing those functions or exercising those powers.

 (2) Nothing in this Division creates rights or duties that are enforceable by proceedings in a court or tribunal.

 (3) A failure to comply with this Division does not affect the validity of any decision, and is not a ground for the review or challenge of any decision.

Part 4—Supporters

Division 1—Actions and duties of supporters

27  Actions of supporters

  A supporter of an individual may, in line with the individual’s will and preferences, do any of the following to support the individual to do a thing under, or for the purposes of, this Act (other than Part 5 of Chapter 4 of this Act):

 (a) request, access or receive information or documents;

 (b) communicate information, including the will, preferences and decisions of the individual;

 (c) a thing, other than making a decision on behalf of the individual, prescribed by the rules.

Note 1: If there is more than one supporter of an individual, the supporters may do a thing jointly and severally: see subsection 37(3).

Note 2: For the provisions about how supporters are registered, see Division 3.