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GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS ACT 2016 - SECT 27 Information and things may be given to guardian

GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS ACT 2016 - SECT 27

Information and things may be given to guardian

    (1)     This section applies if:

        (a)     a person is required by a law of the Territory (the other law ) to give information or a thing to a represented adult; and

        (b)     the information or thing relates to a matter for which a guardian has authority.

    (2)     The person required to give the information or thing may give it to the guardian instead of giving it to the represented adult.

    (3)     A person who gives information or a thing to the guardian under this section in good faith:

        (a)     is taken to have complied with the requirement in the other law to give it to the represented adult; and

        (b)     is not civilly or criminally liable, or in breach of any professional code of conduct, for giving it to the guardian.

    (4)     This section does not apply in relation to a document that the other law requires to be personally served on the represented adult.