Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991

The Executive may make regulations for this Act.

A regulation may also prescribe offences for contraventions of a regulation and prescribe maximum penalties of not more than 10 penalty units for offences against a regulation.

Dictionary (see s 2)

Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.

Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

 ACAT

 adult

 appoint

 bankrupt or personally insolvent

 domestic partner (see s 169)

 civil union

 exercise

 function

 Magistrates Court

 oath

 Supreme Court.

approved, for medical research or low-risk research—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, section 41A.

carer—

for the Act generally—see section 6; and

for part 2A (Consent to medical treatment without formal representation)—see section 32C.

close relative or close friend, for part 2A (Consent to medical treatment without formal representation)—see section 32A.

decision-making capacity, for part 3 (Powers of Attorney and ACAT)—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, dictionary.

decision-making principles—see section 4.

domestic partner, for part 2A (Consent to medical treatment without formal representation)—see section 32A.

electroconvulsive therapy—see the Mental Health Act 2015, section 145.

enduring power of attorney—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, section 8.

guardian means someone who is a guardian under any of the following sections:

• section 7 (Appointment and powers of guardians)

 section 7A (Appointment of guardians under direction)

 section 12 (Recognition of interstate etc guardians and managers)

 section 32 (Surviving or substitute guardians etc).

health attorney, for part 2A (Consent to medical treatment without formal representation)—see section 32B (1).

health professional, for part 2A (Consent to medical treatment without formal representation)—see section 32A.

impaired decision-making ability, for a person—see section 5.

interested person—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, section 74.

interests, of a person—see section 5A.

judicial officer means a judge of the Supreme Court or a magistrate.

low-risk research, in relation to a person—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, section 41A.

manager means a manager under any of the following sections:

 section 8 (Appointment and powers of managers)

 section 8AA (Manager for missing person’s property)

 section 12 (Recognition of interstate etc guardians and managers)

 section 32 (Surviving or substitute guardians etc).

medical research, in relation to a person—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, section 41A.

medical treatment, for part 2A (Consent to medical treatment without formal representation)—see section 32A.

mental illness—see the Mental Health Act 2015, section 10.

non-regenerative tissue—see the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1978, dictionary.

power of attorney, for part 3 (Powers of Attorney and ACAT)—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, dictionary.

prescribed medical procedure means—

an abortion; or

reproductive sterilisation; or

a hysterectomy; or

a medical procedure concerned with contraception; or

removal of non-regenerative tissue for transplantation to the body of another living person; or

electroconvulsive therapy or psychiatric surgery; or

any other medical or surgical procedure prescribed for this definition.

president, of the ACAT—see the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008, dictionary.

principal¸ for part 3 (Powers of Attorney and ACAT) —see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, dictionary.

priority order, for health attorneys for a protected person, for part 2A—see section 32B (3).

protected person, for part 2A (Consent to medical treatment without formal representation)—see section 32A.

psychiatric surgery—see the Mental Health Act 2015, section 145.

remuneration or reward, for part 2A (Consent to medical treatment without formal representation)—see section 32A.

trustee company—see the Trustee Companies Act 1947, dictionary.