GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS ACT 2016 (NO 15 OF 2016) - SECT 81 Parties
GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS ACT 2016 (NO 15 OF 2016) - SECT 81
Parties(1) In proceedings, in addition to the persons mentioned in section 127 of the Tribunal Act, each of the following is a party:
(a) the adult to whom the proceedings relate;
(b) any guardian or proposed guardian for that adult;
(c) the Public Guardian.
(2) However, the Public Guardian is not a party to particular proceedings if:
(a) the Public Guardian is not the applicant or a guardian or proposed guardian for the adult to whom the proceedings relate; and
(b) the Public Guardian informs the Tribunal in writing that the Public Guardian does not wish to be a party to those proceedings.
(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent the Tribunal from ordering the Public Guardian to be joined as a party to proceedings under section 128 of the Tribunal Act.
Note for section 81
Under section 127(1)(a) of the Tribunal Act, the applicant is a party to proceedings . Under section 128 of that Act, the Tribunal may join any other person as a party if the Tribunal considers it desirable for the person to be a party .