Public Guardian Act 2014

Subsection (2) applies if, before the commencement—

under repealed section 226, a consumer at a visitable site, or a person for the consumer, asked a person employed at the visitable site to arrange for a community visitor to visit the visitable site to perform the functions of a community visitor; and

the employed person had not informed the chief executive of the request before the commencement.

The employed person must inform the public guardian of the request as soon as practicable.

Subsection (4) applies if—

a consumer at a visitable site asked the chief executive under repealed section 226 to arrange for a community visitor to visit the site to perform the functions of a community visitor and the visit had not taken place at the commencement; or

the person mentioned in subsection (2) informs the public guardian of a request under subsection (2).

The public guardian must arrange for a community visitor (adult) to visit the consumer at the visitable site as soon as practicable to perform the visitor’s functions under section 41.