Advance Care Directives Act 2013

A person giving an advance care directive may, in relation to the appointment of substitute decision‑makers in respect of the advance care directive, impose such conditions on the exercise of powers or making of decisions by the substitute decision‑makers as the person thinks fit, including (without limiting this subsection) by—

appointing the substitute decision‑makers in order of precedence; or

limiting specified powers or decisions that may be exercised or made under the advance care directive to a specified substitute decision‑maker or substitute decision‑makers; or

appointing substitute decision‑makers as alternative substitute decision‑makers and limiting their powers to where a specified substitute decision‑maker or substitute decision‑makers are not available.

Subject to this Act and to any provision of an advance care directive to the contrary, if a person giving an advance care directive appoints more than 1 substitute decision‑maker in respect of the advance care directive, the substitute decision‑makers are empowered separately and together to make decisions under the advance care directive.