--- title: "Enduring power of attorney (Victoria, Powers of Attorney Act 2014): forms, witnessing and completion guide" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-vic-enduring-power-of-attorney" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a18-form-vic-enduring-power-of-attorney" area_id: "A18" kind: "form" ai_level: "yellow" version: 1 task_ids: ["A18-T1-R1", "A18-T1-R2", "A18-X20260927-1"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18" --- # Enduring power of attorney (Victoria, Powers of Attorney Act 2014): forms, witnessing and completion guide > Link to the Victorian fillable enduring power of attorney forms and the Office of the Public Advocate guide, with the rules on capacity, personal and financial matters, multiple attorneys, the two-witness requirement… Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-vic-enduring-power-of-attorney Law stated as at: 2026-10-18 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt Link to the Victorian fillable enduring power of attorney forms and the Office of the Public Advocate guide, with the rules on capacity, personal and financial matters, multiple attorneys, the two-witness requirement and who cannot witness. ## 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: Victoria - AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use. - Law stated as at: 2026-10-18 - Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at justice.vic.gov.au and the 3 authorities it cites, for Victoria. ## When to use it Use when a Victorian client aged 18 or over with decision-making capacity wants to appoint an attorney for personal matters, financial matters or both. Medical treatment decisions need a separate appointment of a medical treatment decision maker. ## Used for these tasks - [Draft an enduring power of attorney (financial) from the instructions](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship.md#A18-T1-R1) - [Draft an enduring personal/health decision-making appointment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/draft-an-enduring-personal-health-decision-making-appointment.md) - [Build the execution and witnessing plan for an enduring instrument before signing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship.md#A18-X20260927-1) ## How AI may be used AI may help prepare the form from the client's confirmed instructions inside the firm's checked process and plan the signing and witnessing; the lawyer takes the instructions alone with the client, checks capacity and every entry in each instrument, and supervises execution. **AI may:** - Transfer confirmed instructions (attorneys, how they act, when the power starts, limits) into a checking sheet for the lawyer - Check the completed form against the instructions and list every difference - Build the execution plan: who signs, which witnesses are eligible, and the order of signing and acceptance - Draft a plain-language explanation of the signed instrument for the client, for the lawyer to check **AI must not:** - Must not take instructions from anyone other than the person making the instrument - Must not assess the person's capacity or whether they are acting freely - Must not choose the attorneys, the way they act, or any limits or conditions - Must not sign, witness or certify anything **The lawyer checks:** - The client is 18 or over and has decision-making capacity for this instrument (understand, retain, use or weigh, and communicate) - The client is making it for themselves, freely, and understands it - Matters covered (personal, financial or both), when the power starts, and any limits match the instructions - Multiple attorneys: jointly, jointly and severally, severally or by majority, and the arrangement is workable - Two adult witnesses, one authorised to witness affidavits or a registered medical practitioner; no witness is a relative, an attorney or their relative, or a care worker or accommodation provider ## Authorities - [Powers of Attorney Act 2014 (Vic)](https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/acts/powers-attorney-act-2014) - [Department of Justice and Community Safety (Vic), Powers of Attorney Act 2014 (fillable PDF forms)](https://www.justice.vic.gov.au/powers-of-attorney-act-2014) - [Office of the Public Advocate (Vic), Making an enduring power of attorney](https://www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au/index.php?catid=19&id=31&option=com_content&view=article) ## Official form [Official form](https://www.justice.vic.gov.au/powers-of-attorney-act-2014) ## Where this comes from The official form is published by justice.vic.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18. ## 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-vic-enduring-power-of-attorney 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.*