Guardianship and Administration Act 2019

subject to anything to the contrary in this Part, the provisions of the old Act continue to apply in relation to the administrator appointed under that administration order and to the represented person; and

without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), the powers and duties of the administrator appointed by the administration order are the powers and duties conferred on the administrator under the old Act.

On and after commencement day, the following provisions of the new Act apply to the administrator and to the represented person referred to in subsection (1)—

section 51(3), (4) and (5) of the new Act, if the administration order made under the old Act conferred on the administrator the power to bring and defend actions and other legal proceedings in the name of the represented person under section 58B of the old Act;

Division 8 of Part 3 of the new Act;

section 177 of the new Act (resolution of disagreements);

section 178 of the new Act (enforcement orders);

sections 181 to 186 of the new Act (compensation), as if the contravention relevant to those provisions were a contravention of a provision under the old Act occurring after commencement day;

section 189 of the new Act (offences to use administration order dishonestly).

On and after commencement day, a temporary administration order made under section 60 of the old Act may be renewed once in accordance with section 60(2) of that Act and VCAT must hold a hearing to determine whether an administration order should be made under the new Act as soon as practicable after the making of the temporary order under the old Act but within 42 days after making that order.