Public guardian may give advice and impose supervision
18 Public guardian may give advice and impose supervision
The public guardian may do any of the following—
give advice to an adult’s attorney, guardian or administrator;
by written notice, make an adult’s attorney, guardian or administrator subject to the public guardian’s supervision for a reasonable period if the public guardian believes, on reasonable grounds, it is necessary in the adult’s interests including, for example, because the attorney, guardian or administrator has contravened this Act, the Guardianship Act or duties, though not wilfully;
require an attorney who may exercise power for a financial matter for an adult or an adult’s administrator to present a plan of management for approval.
An adult’s attorney, guardian or administrator may apply to the tribunal to review the public guardian’s decision relating to the advice, notice or requirement and the tribunal may make the order it considers appropriate.
In this section—
administrator, in relation to an adult, means the administrator appointed for the adult under the Guardianship Act.
attorney, in relation to an adult, means the adult’s attorney authorised under an enduring document or the adult’s statutory health attorney.
guardian, in relation to an adult, means the guardian appointed for the adult under the Guardianship Act.
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