POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2014 - SECT 143 Transitional provision—old enduring powers of guardianship

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2014 - SECT 143

    (1)     The amendments made to the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 by Division 2 are not to be taken to affect the validity of an old enduring power of guardianship and, subject to subsection (2), the law as in force under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 , immediately before the commencement of Division 2, is taken to continue to have effect in relation to the old enduring power of guardianship.

    (2)     The following provisions of this Act are taken to apply to an old enduring power of guardianship, as if it were an enduring power of attorney made under this Act—

        (a)     section 4;

        (b)     section 42;

        (c)     Divisions 2, 3 and 4 of Part 6;

        (d)     section 82;

        (e)     section 83;

        (f)     section 116(1)(a), (e), (f) and (g);

        (g)     Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Part 8, to the extent that they relate to section 116(1)(a), (e), (f) and (g).

Division 2—Amendment of the Instruments Act 1958 and the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986