---
title: "Statement of Choices (ACT advance care planning): completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-act-statement-of-choices"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a18-form-act-statement-of-choices"
area_id: "A18"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A18-T1-R3", "A18-A20260923-1", "A18-T1-R10"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Statement of Choices (ACT advance care planning): completion guide

> Link to the ACT Statement of Choices form for a competent adult, on the advance care planning page. The page gives no approved-form number. The booklet includes the form. The PDF was not opened.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-act-statement-of-choices  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

Link to the ACT Statement of Choices form for a competent adult, on the advance care planning page. The page gives no approved-form number. The booklet includes the form. The PDF was not opened. The lawyer records the person's own wishes.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Elder Law & Powers of Attorney / Guardianship](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australian Capital Territory
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at act.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Australian Capital Territory.

## When to use it

Use when a competent adult in the ACT is writing a Statement of Choices about values, treatment preferences and what would be unacceptable. Do not use it as the approved enduring power of attorney or as health direction AF2017-46. The tool does not write the wishes.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft an advance care directive from the instructions](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/draft-an-advance-care-directive-from-the-instructions.md)
- [Build a decision-making map: who holds which power, from when, and over what](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/build-a-decision-making-map-who-holds-which-power-from-when-and-over-wha.md)
- [Review existing enduring powers, guardianship orders and advance care directives](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/review-existing-enduring-powers-guardianship-orders-and-advance-care-dir.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may check the pack against the current form and list missing documents. The lawyer writes the instrument, the powers, the wishes and any witnessing or capacity words, and checks every signing.

**AI may:**

- Check the pack against the current official form and list missing parts named on the page
- Flag when an enduring power, a health direction, a statement of choices or an advance personal plan is being used for the wrong purpose
- List the witness categories and the registration path stated on the page that was opened

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the instrument, the powers, the person's wishes, a treatment refusal, or witnessing or capacity words
- Must not copy an example statement from a public page into the person's document
- Must not sign or lodge the instrument

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current Statement of Choices file is downloaded from the health page. No approved-form number was stated on that page
- The wishes are the person's own, not a reused example
- The enduring power and the health direction are separate documents if they are also being made
- The court's or tribunal's current index is checked before assuming a generative-AI practice direction applies. None was stated on the page opened for this guide.

## Authorities

- [ACT Government, Plan your end-of-life care](https://www.act.gov.au/health/end-of-life-and-palliative-care/plan-your-end-of-life-care)
- [ACT Government, Statement of Choices form linked from that page](https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/2439510/ACP-Statement-of-Choices-form.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.act.gov.au/health/end-of-life-and-palliative-care/plan-your-end-of-life-care)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by act.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-act-statement-of-choices and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*