Guardianship and Administration Act 1995

In this section – Board means the Guardianship and Administration Board established under this Act as in force immediately before the validation day; member of the Board has the same meaning as in this Act as in force immediately before the validation day; validation day means the day on which the Validation Act 2021 commences.

If – a person was appointed as a member of the Board before the validation day; and during all or part of the period – beginning on the day on which the appointment referred to in paragraph (a) expired; and ending immediately before the validation day – the person purported to be authorised, under this Act or the Acts Interpretation Act 1931, to perform, or exercise, as a member of the Board, a function or power of a member of the Board that a member of the Board may perform or exercise – then, despite any provision of this Act or any other Act – the person is to be taken to have been, and to always have been, a member of the Board during the period; and that performance or exercise of that function or power by the person during the period is not to be taken to be, or to ever have been, invalid by reason only that the person was not, but for this section, a member of the Board during all or part of the period; and the Board is not to be taken to have been, or to ever have been, invalidly constituted by reason only that the person was not, but for this section, a member of the Board during all or part of the period.