An adult subject to an interim administration order under s 12 of the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 (Qld) lacks power to deal with financial matters within the scope of the administrator's appointment, even if the adult in fact retains mental capacity. Any contract entered into by the adult during the currency of the order is void, not merely voidable. The absence of an express provision in the Queensland Act (unlike equivalent legislation in NSW, Victoria, WA and SA) does not alter this result, which arises by necessary implication from ss 12 and 33.
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