e capacity to do so 49% 5% 47% FEPOA at any time Q14 – Changing pers pectives format 48% 3% 49% Figure 13 – Knowledge of when an FEPOA starts and finishes OA becomes active 8% 35% n the principal dies e capacity to do so to make decisions FEPOA at any time to make decisions OA becomes active True False 30% 19% True False 30% Q14 – Changing pers pectives format 23% 5% 53% 47% 3% 58% 49% Don't know 17% 53% FEPOA ends when the principal dies Q14 – Changing pers pectives format to make decisions 19% FEPOA at any time e capacity to do so 17% FEPOA can be made even after the principal has lost the 53% 34% capacity to make decisions 57% 8% 35% 13% n the principal dies e capacity to do so to make decisions Don’t know 49% 48% 57% 58% 23% 49% 13% 47% 53% 5% 34% A principal can continue to make decisions themselves if they have 49% 3% 48% Don't know True False the capacity 47% 5% to do so 49% OA becomes active FEPOA at any time 35% n the principal dies OA becomes active 48% 8% 57% 49% 3% 53% they can 30% If a principal still has17% the capacity to make decisions, 57% 8% 35% cancel or revoke their FEPOA at any time to make decisions 58% 23% 19% n the principal Q.14. dies For the following30% 53% statements, please indicate17% which you believe is true or false for [state/territory], or if you don't know. Base: Nat rep sample N=2,496 to make decisions to make decisions 53% 58% 34% 23% Don't know 13% 19% True False to make decisions 13% While the control group were more34% likely to select ‘Don’t know’, there were53% not any significant differences in the proportion of principals and appointed decision-makers who selected ‘True’ or ‘False’ for each of the False isDon't know to the first statement where, as noted above, principals were above statements. True The exception in relation more likely to select the incorrect answer compared to appointed decision-makers. 5.2 Knowledge of principal and appointed decision-maker rights and responsibilities Figure 14 – Knowledge of rights and responsibilities When tested on their knowledge, Australians were: Q14 – Changing pers pectives format More likely to know Less likely to know An FEPOA is a legal document the capacity to do so 49% Principals and appointed decision-makers must be over 18 years of age eir FEPOA at any time 48% An FEPOA can cover decisions about property and assets POA becomes active 8% 35% An FEPOA must be made while the principal still has decision-making capacity 47% 5% The appointed decision-maker does not determine their own duties under an FEPOA 49% 3% A principal can set conditions or limitations on the appointed decision-maker’s powers 57% A principal can choose who to appoint as a decision-maker hen the principal dies 17% 30% An appointed decision-maker cannot assign a secondary decision-maker 53% ity to make decisions 58% 23% 19% Only one in six Australians (15%) correctly identified that an appointed decision-maker cannot appoint as a secondary decision-maker. One in five (21%) incorrectly believed that an appointed ity to make someone decisions else 13% 53% 34% Chapter : 5 True False Don't know Knowledge and understanding 27