GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 6B
Eligibility for appointment
GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 6B
Eligibility for appointment
6B Eligibility for appointment
(1) A person is not eligible to be appointed as an enduring guardian unless he
or she is of or above the age of 18 years.
(2) A person is not eligible to be
appointed as an enduring guardian if:
(a) the person is, in a professional or
administrative capacity, directly or indirectly responsible for, or involved
in, the provision of any of the following services for fee or reward to the
person making the appointment:
(i) medical services (whether provided in a
hospital, at home or otherwise),
(ii) accommodation,
(iii) any other
services to support the person making the appointment in his or her activities
of daily living, or
(b) the person is the spouse, parent, child, brother or
sister of a person of the kind referred to in paragraph (a).
(3) However, if
a person who is validly appointed as an enduring guardian becomes responsible
for or involved in the provision for fee or reward of a service to the
appointor of the kind referred to in subsection (2) (a), the appointment does
not lapse.
