Urgent guardianship orders and urgent administration orders
36 Urgent guardianship orders and urgent administration orders
VCAT may waive any of the requirements set out in section 24, 26, 27 or 29 and make an urgent guardianship order or urgent administration order under section 30 if VCAT is satisfied on reasonable grounds that there is an immediate risk of harm to the health, welfare or property of a proposed represented person if the order were not made.
The risk of harm referred to in subsection (1) may be caused by one or more factors, including the following—
abuse, exploitation or neglect of the proposed represented person;
self-neglect by the proposed represented person.
A guardianship order or administration order that is an urgent order—
remains in force for the period specified in the order, being a period not exceeding 21 days; and
may be renewed once for a further period not exceeding 21 days.
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