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AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS' PROPERTY ACT 1940 - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires—

"court" means—

            (a)         the Supreme Court; or

            (b)         in relation to a matter in which a District Court has jurisdiction—the Supreme Court or a District Court;

"domestic partner" means a person who is a domestic partner within the meaning of the Family Relationships Act 1975 , whether declared as such under that Act or not;

"manager" means a person appointed to be manager of a protected estate under this Act; and where more than one person is so appointed, means either all the persons so appointed or each of those persons, as the context requires;

"proclaimed state" means a country, state or territory declared by proclamation to be a proclaimed state for the purposes of this Act;

"protected estate" means the real and personal estate of a protected person, or such part thereof as is the subject matter of a protection order;

"protected person" means a person who or whose estate or part thereof becomes the subject of a protection order;

"spouse"—a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married.

        (2)         The Governor may, by proclamation, declare any country, state or territory to be a proclaimed state and may, by subsequent proclamation vary or revoke any such declaration.



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