30Duties of supporters

30  Duties of supporters

 (1) A supporter of an individual has:

 (a) the duties set out in:

 (i) subsection (2); and

 (ii) section 31 (duty to inform of matters affecting ability or capacity to act as supporter); and

 (b) the duty to act honestly, diligently and in good faith in discharging the supporter’s other duties; and

 (c) the duty to avoid or manage any conflict of interest in relation to the supporter and the individual, and to inform the System Governor of any such conflict as it arises; and

 (e) any duty prescribed by the rules.

 (2) If the supporter is doing a thing under section 27 to support the individual to do a thing under, or for the purposes of, this Act, it is a duty of the supporter to:

 (a) act in a manner that promotes the will, preferences and personal, cultural and social wellbeing of the individual; and

 (b) act honestly, diligently and in good faith; and

 (c) support the individual only to the extent necessary for the individual to do the thing, applying the supporter’s best endeavours to maintain the ability of the individual to make the individual’s own decisions.