Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person or other entity who performs a function or exercises a power under this Act for a matter in relation to an adult with impaired capacity for the matter must apply the principles stated in schedule 1 (the general principles and, for a health matter or a special health matter, the health care principle).
Example 1--
If an adult has impaired capacity for a matter, a guardian or administrator who may exercise power for the matter must--
(a) apply the general principles; and
(b) if the matter is a health matter, also apply the health care principle.
Example 2--
The tribunal in deciding whether to consent to special health care for an adult with impaired capacity for the special health matter concerned, must apply the general principles and the health care principle.
Editor's note--
Function includes duty and power includes authority--see the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 36.
(2) An entity authorised by an Act to make a decision for an adult about prescribed special health care must apply the general principles and the health care principle.
(3) The community is encouraged to apply and promote the general principles.