POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2000 (NO. 68 OF 2000)

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Interpretation

PART 2 - Administration

• 4 Register of powers of attorney
• 5 Searches of public records
• 6 Copies of register
• 7 Evidence of register when kept in computer
• 8 Power to sell, destroy or otherwise dispose of certain documents

PART 3 - Powers of Attorney and other instruments Division 1 -

• 9 Formal requirements
• 10 Requirements for other instruments

Division 2 - Registration of powers of attorney, &c.

• 11 Powers of attorney not to be registered except in accordance with
this Act
• 12 Lodgment of powers of attorney, &c.
• 13 Authority for lodgment by electronic process
• 14 Lodgment of supporting documents
• 15 Scope of powers of attorney
• 16 Acts under power invalid until power registered
• 17 Death, &c., of donor of power may be registered
• 18 Form of power of attorney

Division 3 - Effect of powers of attorney

• 19 Application of Division
• 20 Authority conferred by power of attorney
• 21 Nature of authority conferred
• 22 Duration of power of attorney
• 23 Execution under power of attorney
• 24 Effect of power of attorney for value made irrevocable
• 25 Effect of power of attorney irrevocable for fixed period
• 26 Appointment of attorney by class

Division 4 - Revocation of powers of attorney

• 27 Revocation of power of attorney
• 28 Effect on dealings with attorney in good faith
• 29 Revocation of unregistered power of attorney

PART 4 - Enduring Powers of Attorney

• 30 Creation and effect of enduring powers of attorney
• 31 Scope of authority, &c., of attorney under enduring power of
attorney
• 32 Duties of attorney under enduring power of attorney
• 33 Power of Board to make orders in respect of enduring power of
attorney
• 34 Requirements for applications under section 33
• 35 Advice or directions as to enduring power of attorney
• 36 Offence for false or misleading applications
• 37 Contracting out prohibited
• 38 Saving provision

PART 5 - Special case and Appeals to Supreme Court

• 39 Special case for opinion of Court
• 40 Appeals against decisions of Board

PART 6 - Foreign Powers of Attorney

• 41 Application of Part
• 42 Recognition of registration in other States and Territories
• 43 Registration of foreign powers of attorney
• 44 Proof of foreign execution or registration
• 45 Registration based on certified copies
• 46 Registration of instruments of variation or revocation
• 47 Enduring powers of attorney made outside Tasmania
• 48 Powers of Board to require production

PART 7 - Miscellaneous and Supplemental

• 49 Power to have effect as deed
• 50 Execution of power of attorney by direction of donor
• 51 Validity of payment by attorney under power without notice of death,
&c.
• 52 Validity of acts done under power after registration of power and
before registration of revocation
• 53 Application of sections 51 and 52 to powers of attorney made
under repealed Act
• 54 On registration, covenants for production to be inoperative
• 55 Confirmation of acts of attorney sufficient without production of
power
• 56 Regulations
• 57 Administration
• 58 Saving for powers of attorney registered under repealed Act
• 59 Repeals
• 60 Powers of Attorney Regulations 1997 rescinded
• 61 Guardianship and Administration Act 1995 amended
• 62 Land Titles Act 1980 amended
SCHEDULE 1

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