GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 17
Guardians
GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 17
Guardians
(1) A person shall not be appointed as the guardian of a
person under guardianship unless the Tribunal is satisfied that: (a) the
personality of the proposed guardian is generally compatible with that of the
person under guardianship , (b) there is no undue conflict between the
interests (particularly, the financial interests) of the proposed guardian and
those of the person under guardianship , and (c) the proposed guardian is both
willing and able to exercise the functions conferred or imposed by the
proposed guardianship order . (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the
appointment of the Public Guardian as the guardian of a
person under guardianship . (3) If, at the expiration of the period for which
a temporary guardianship order has effect, the Tribunal is satisfied: (a) that
it is appropriate that a further guardianship order should be made with
respect to the person under guardianship , and (b) that there is no other
person who it is satisfied is appropriate to be the person's guardian , the
Tribunal may, in accordance with this Division, make a continuing
guardianship order appointing the Public Guardian as the guardian of the
person. (4) The Public Guardian shall be appointed as the guardian of a
person the subject of a temporary guardianship order .
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