POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2014 - SECT 26 Matters for which power cannot be given under an enduring power of attorney

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2014 - SECT 26

To avoid doubt, despite section 22, a principal under an enduring power of attorney is not able to authorise an attorney under that power to—

        (a)     make or revoke a will for the principal; or

        (b)     make or revoke an enduring power of attorney for the principal; or

        (c)     vote on the principal's behalf in an election for the State or the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth or a local election or a referendum; or

        (d)     consent to the entering into or dissolution of a marriage of the principal or of a sexual relationship of the principal; or

        (e)     make or give effect to a decision—

              (i)     about the care and wellbeing of any child of the principal; or

              (ii)     about the adoption of a child under 18 years of age of the principal; or

        (f)     to enter into, or agree to enter into, a surrogacy arrangement, within the meaning of the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 , on the principal's behalf; or

        (g)     consent to the making or discharge of a substitute parentage order, within the meaning of the Status of Children Act 1974 , on the principal's behalf; or

        (h)     manage the estate of the principal on the death of the principal; or

              (i)     consent to an unlawful act.