VCAT has the power to make declarations or an order some environment and natural resources laws. A declaration can determine the meaning or effect of provisions in an act, notice, licence, permit or the like. A declaration or order may also be used to decide whether a decision made by the original decision-making authority is valid.
A supportive administrator or supportive guardian helps an adult act on their own decisions, when the person has a neurological or intellectual impairment, a mental disorder, a brain injury, a physical disability, or dementia.