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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 .