New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINORS (PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS) ACT 1970 - SECT 46

46 Agency

(1) After the commencement of this Act, a person under the age of twenty-one years:

(a) may appoint an agent by power of attorney or otherwise, and

(b) may, by an agent, participate in any civil act and otherwise do or suffer anything which a person aged twenty-one years or upwards may participate in or do or suffer by an agent.

(2) A civil act in which a minor participates by an agent after the commencement of this Act and anything which a minor otherwise does or suffers by an agent after the commencement of this Act has no greater validity or effect as against the minor than it would if participated in or done or suffered by the minor without an agent.

(3) After the commencement of this Act, a person may, by an agent under the age of twenty-one years, participate in any civil act and otherwise do or suffer anything which a person may participate in or do or suffer by an agent aged twenty-one years or upwards.