Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
- Act 44 of 1995
- Royal Assent 22 September 1995
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - Preliminary
1. 1. Short title
2. 2. Commencement
3. 3. Interpretation
4. 4. Meaning of "person responsible"
5. 5. Objects of Act
6. 6. Principles to be observed
PART 2 - Establishment, Constitution and Procedure of Board
7. 7. Guardianship and Administration Board
7A. 7A. Role of President
8. 8. Functions of Board
8A. 8A. Board to sit in divisions
9. 9. Staff of Board
10. 10. Appointment of persons to assist Board
11. 11. Procedure of Board
12. 12. Proceedings of Board to be held in public
13. 13. Reports of proceedings
PART 3 - The Public Guardian
14. 14. Public Guardian and Deputy Public Guardian
15. 15. Functions and powers of Public Guardian
16. 16. Staff of Public Guardian
17. 17. Investigations
18. 18. Delegation
PART 4 - Guardianship Orders Division 1 - Application forguardianship
order
19. 19. Application for guardianship order
Division 2 - Appointment of guardian
20. 20. Guardianship order
21. 21. Persons eligible as guardians
22. 22. Alternative guardians
23. 23. Orders to be forwarded to Public Guardian
24. 24. Expiration of guardianship orders
Division 3 - Powers and duties of guardian
25. 25. Authority of full guardian
26. 26. Authority of limited guardian
27. 27. Exercise of authority by guardian
28. 28. Power to enforce guardianship order
29. 29. Urgent powers in case of unlawful detention of persons with
a disability
30. 30. Removal of persons to place of safety
31. 31. Advice or directions as to guardianship orders
PART 5 - Appointment of enduring guardian
32. 32. Appointment of enduring guardian
32A. 32A. Alternative enduring guardian
33. 33. Revocation of appointment by appointor
34. 34. Revocation or amendment of appointment by Board
35. 35. Advice or directions as to instruments of appointment
PART 6 - Consent to Medical and Dental Treatment Division 1 -
Preliminary
36. 36. Application of Part 6
37. 37. Part 6 to prevail over Criminal Code
Division 2 - Medical and dental treatment
38. 38. Unlawful medical or dental treatment
39. 39. Persons authorized to consent to medical or dental treatment
40. 40. Urgent medical or dental treatment
41. 41. Medical or dental treatment without consent
42. 42. Unlawful consent to medical or dental treatment
43. 43. Consent by persons responsible
44. 44. Applications for consent of Board
45. 45. Consent of Board
46. 46. Consent to continuing or further special treatment by
guardian with authority of Board
Division 2A - Power to make guardianship order or administration
order
46A. 46A. Power to make guardianship order or administration order
Division 3 - General
47. 47. Effect of consent
48. 48. Preservation of liability
48A. 48A. Saving for rights under other laws
PART 7 - Administration Orders Division 1 - Objects of Part 7
49. 49. Objects of Part 7
Division 2 - Administration orders
50. 50. Application for administration order
51. 51. Administration orders
52. 52. Expiration of administration orders
53. 53. Administration order to prevail over enduring power of
attorney
54. 54. Persons eligible as administrators
55. 55. Remuneration of professional administrators
Division 4 - Powers and duties of administrator
56. 56. Powers and duties of administrator
57. 57. Exercise of power by administrator
58. 58. Settlements and gifts
59. 59. Powers of investment
60. 60. Preservation of interests in represented person's property
61. 61. Application by administrator for advice, &c.
62. 62. Power of administrator to act until notice of discharge
63. 63. Reporting requirements for administrators
64. 64. Delegation of Board's functions as to reporting
PART 8 - Emergency Orders
65. 65. Emergency orders
PART 9 - Annual Reports and Review of Orders
66. 66. Annual reports in respect of represented persons
67. 67. Review of orders
68. 68. Order after review
PART 10 - Miscellaneous and Supplemental Division 1 - Hearings by
Board
69. 69. Notice of hearing
70. 70. Giving of notice
71. 71. Hearing not to be invalidated by failure to give notice,
&c.
72. 72. Date for hearing
73. 73. Appearance at hearing of Board
73A. 73A. Interim order on adjournment
74. 74. Statement of reasons
74A. 74A. Contempt of Board
Division 2 - Special case and appeals
75. 75. Special case for the opinion of Court
76. 76. Appeals against decisions of Board
Division 3 - Powers of courts
77. 77. Powers of courts
Division 4 - Legal provisions
78. 78. Protection from liability
79. 79. Evidentiary
80. 80. Costs and expenses
81. 81. Recognition of orders made in other States, &c.
81A. 81A. Instruments made under corresponding laws
Division 5 - Accounts and reports
82. 82. Accounts and records of Board and Public Guardian
83. 83. Audit of accounts of Board and Public Guardian
84. 84. Annual report of Board and Public Guardian
85. 85. Protection relating to reports and information
Division 6 - Offences and supplemental
86. 86. Confidentiality of information
87. 87. Offences
88. 88. Power to open wills
89. 89. Duty to keep register
90. 90. Regulations
90A. 90A. Savings and transitional provisions
91. 91. Administration of Act
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 4
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