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The Victorian enduring power of attorney form
The Victorian enduring power of attorney form is free. The Department of Justice and Community Safety publishes it as a fillable PDF, and you do not lodge it anywhere. This guide explains the choices it asks you to make. If you would like yours checked, our form check is $440.
Enduring power of attorney form: in short
- Two versions: the short form takes up to 2 attorneys and 2 alternative attorneys; the long form up to 4 attorneys and 3 alternatives.
- There is no central register in Victoria. You keep the original and give certified copies to your attorneys.
- The form must be in the prescribed form and signed in front of two witnesses.
- Separate forms exist for revocation, notification of revocation and resignation.
Where to get it
The forms are on the Department of Justice and Community Safety page Powers of Attorney Act 2014. The Office of the Public Advocate publishes a guide and a “before you sign” checklist: Making an enduring power of attorney.
The choices the form asks for
The prescribed form has these parts.
- Your name and address.
- Appointment. Your attorneys, how several of them act (jointly, severally, jointly and severally, or by majority) and any alternative attorneys. Leave the choice out and they must act jointly. See Choosing an attorney.
- Authorisation. Anything you can lawfully do by an attorney, or personal matters only, financial matters only, or the matters you specify.
- Existing enduring power of attorney not revoked. Complete this only if an earlier power is to stay in force. Otherwise the new power revokes the earlier one.
- Commencement. Immediately, when you cease to have decision making capacity, or at a time or event you specify. Different matters can start at different times. Leave it blank and the power starts at once.
- Conditions and instructions. This is the part most often left empty, and the part where a lawyer adds most: who must be shown accounts, who must be notified when the attorney starts acting, limits on gifts and on selling the home, whether conflict transactions are authorised, whether the attorney may be paid, provision for dependants.
- Execution by principal and certification of witnesses. Your signature and the two witnesses’ certificates. See Who can witness it.
- Statements of acceptance. Each attorney and alternative attorney signs one, witnessed by an adult.
Completing it
The Department notes that continuation sections are kept only up to the last one used and that page numbers must run without gaps. Do not remove pages you have signed.
After signing
- Keep the original somewhere safe and tell your attorneys where.
- Give certified copies to your attorneys. Each page other than the last is certified as a true copy of the corresponding page, and the last page as a true and complete copy of the original.
- Tell your bank. [CHECK: decide on what banks ask for in practice.]
Enduring power of attorney form: common questions
Have another question? Phone 1800 776 529 or send us a message.
The form does not. Advice does.
No. There is no central power of attorney register in Victoria. [CHECK: Land Use Victoria requirements when an attorney signs a land dealing.]
The PDF is fillable. It still has to be signed and witnessed as the Act requires.
Yes. The Act does not affect the validity of an enduring power of attorney made under the earlier law before 1 September 2015.
Next step
Have your completed form checked for $440, or make one with a lawyer from $495. Send your form or call 1800 776 529.
Enduring power of attorney form: the law
- Powers of Attorney Act 2014 (Vic) ss 16, 22, 24, 30 to 40, 65, 68, 70, 82, 142.
- Powers of Attorney Regulations 2025 (Vic) sch 1 form 1.
Last reviewed: November 2026. This page is general information about Victorian law as at November 2026. It is not legal advice about your circumstances.
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