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Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016
5VCAT orders in relation to decision-making capacity
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5 VCAT orders in relation to decision-making capacity
(1) An eligible applicant may apply to VCAT for an order in relation to the decision-making capacity of a person to make a decision to which this Act applies.
(2) On application under subsection (1), or on its own motion in any hearing before it, VCAT may make an order about the decision-making capacity of a person in relation to a decision to which this Act applies.
(3) VCAT may make an order that a person has, or does not have, decision-making capacity in relation to a decision to which this Act applies.