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In forceConsent orders—party with impaired decision-making ability
Part 4Procedural matters
Division 4.6Party with impaired decision-making ability
77 Consent orders—party with impaired decision-making ability
(1)
This section applies if—
(a)
a court is considering an application for a consent order; and
(b)
the court considers that a party to the proceeding is a person with impaired decision‑making ability who is not separately represented by a lawyer or another person with a right to represent the person; and
(c)
it appears to the court that the party should be separately represented.
(2)
The court—
(a)
must not make the consent order; and
(b)
may adjourn the hearing to allow the person to get separate representation.
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