Make a General Power of Attorney with this template form for the State of Victoria, which allows you to appoint an attorney to handle your business and financial affairs for you.

A General Power of Attorney is used to give someone you name the authority to look after your finances, business affairs, legal actions, etc. on your behalf, but ONLY while you are still capable of making such decisions on your own. A General Power of Attorney terminates if you lose the legal capacity to make your own decisions. A General Power of Attorney cannot be used to delegate the authority to make medical, financial or lifestyle decisions for you if you become incapacitated.

This form contains instructions on how to complete and execute the power of attorney, as well as a Revocation of Power of Attorney form, in case you want to revoke the authority at some point in future.

This Victorian general power of attorney form is in MS Word format, and is easy to download, fill in and print.