POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2014 - SECT 148 Amendment of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986
POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2014 - SECT 148
Amendment of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986(1) In section 3(1) of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 , the definitions of appointor and enduring guardian are repealed .
(2) In the definition of guardian in section 3(1) of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 —
(a) in paragraph (b), for "35; or" substitute "35;";
(b) paragraph (c) is repealed .
(3) Section 4(1)(e) of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 is repealed .
(4) For section 37(1)(d) of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 substitute —
"(d) a person appointed by the patient as an attorney under an enduring power of attorney under the Powers of Attorney Act 2014 with power to make decisions in relation to the proposed procedure or treatment;".
(5) In section 42N(6)(d) of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 , for "the enduring guardian" substitute "the attorney under the enduring power of attorney under the Powers of Attorney Act 2014 ,".
(6) In section 42V(6)(d) of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 , for "the enduring guardian" substitute "the attorney under the enduring power of attorney under the Powers of Attorney Act 2014 ,".
Pt 10 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 149 –165) amended by No. 20/2015 s. 53, substituted as Pt 10 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 149– 154) by No. 64/2016 s. 15.
Division 3—Powers of Attorney Amendment Act 2016
S. 149 substituted by No. 64/2016 s. 15.