Ms Jacinta Hastings:

It has happened. There have been some cases in the past where an application was made to the courts in order to perhaps make somebody a ward of court because the person was probably so physically and mentally compromised. We made a submission around all of this in regard to the Mental Health Act, which I know is under review at the moment. It would have been very much around capacity, capacity to consent and advance directives. These are elements that would be welcome in the change to the Act.