5Meaning of promoting a person's personal and social well-being

### 5 Meaning of promoting a person's personal and social well-being > [*\[Section 5 Amended by No. 18 of 2021, s. 118, Applied:05 Nov 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-11-05/act-2021-018#GS118@EN) [*\[Section 5 Amended by No. 15 of 2021, s. 6, Applied:21 Nov 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-11-21/act-2021-015#GS6@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 5 Amended by No. 15 of 2021, s. 6, Applied:21 Nov 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-11-21/act-2021-015#GS6@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 5 Substituted by No. 21 of 2023, s. 7, Applied:01 Sep 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-09-01/act-2023-021#GS7@EN) For the purposes of this Act, and without limiting the ways in which this may occur, the personal and social well-being of a person is promoted by – > > > > (a) respecting the inherent dignity of the person and the person’s individual autonomy, including the freedom to make their own choices and their right to independence; and > > > > > (b) respecting and promoting the person’s own decision-making ability; and > > > > > (c) ensuring that the person is free from neglect, abuse, exploitation and other forms of harm; and > > > > > (d) the importance of preserving the dignity of risk of a person with impaired decision-making ability in respect of decisions is to be recognised and to inform those decisions; and > > > > > (e) respecting the right of the person to be treated without discrimination; and > > > > > (f) respecting the person's individuality, including personal or lifestyle activities that provide pleasure, purpose and fulfilment to the person; and > > > > > (g) having regard to the person's existing supportive relationships, religion, values, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation and cultural and linguistic environment; and > > > > > (h) respecting the right of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to enjoy their culture, including with other people who share that culture; and > > > > > (i) respecting the person's right to privacy and to have contact with and correspond privately with others; and > > > > > (j) recognising the importance of, and facilitating access to, the provision of supports that enable the person to exercise the person's autonomy; and > > > > > (k) recognising the importance to the person of any companion animal that the person has and having regard to the benefits that may be obtained from the person having a companion animal.