GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 - SECT 11 Application of presumption of capacity

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 - SECT 11

11 Application of presumption of capacity

(1) If, in performing a function or exercising a power under this Act, the tribunal or the court is required to make a decision about an adult’s capacity for a matter, the tribunal or the court is to presume the adult has capacity for the matter until the contrary is proven.

(2) If the tribunal or the court has appointed a guardian or an administrator for an adult for a matter, the guardian or administrator is not required to presume the adult has capacity for the matter.

(3) If a declaration by the tribunal or the court that an adult has impaired capacity for a matter is in force, a person or other entity that performs a function or exercises a power under this Act is entitled to rely on the declaration to presume that the adult does not have capacity for the matter.