GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS ACT 2016 - SECT 101 Existing guardianship orders continue
GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS ACT 2016 - SECT 101
Existing guardianship orders continue(1) On the commencement, an existing guardianship order becomes a guardianship order under this Act.
(2) For section 21, the order is taken to confer on the guardian:
(a) authority for the personal matters for which the person had authority under the repealed Act; and
(b) if the guardian was also the manager of the adult's estate under an existing management order – authority for the financial matters for which the person had authority under the repealed Act.
(3) For section 36(1), the reassessment date for the order after the commencement is:
(a) if a review date is specified in the order – the review date; or
(b) if not, 3 years after the commencement.
(4) In this section:
"existing guardianship order "means an order under section 15 of the repealed Act appointing a person as a guardian that is in force immediately before the commencement.
"existing management order "means an order under section 16(1)(a) of the repealed Act appointing a person to be the manager of an adult's estate that is in force immediately before the commencement.