Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2006 - SECT 89

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a document (the interstate enduring power of attorney ) is expressed to be a power of attorney or guardianship document made under the law of a State or another Territory; and

        (b)     the interstate enduring power of attorney is not—

              (i)     revoked if the principal loses decision-making capacity; or

              (ii)     expressed to be irrevocable, whether completely or for a stated period.

    (2)     An interstate enduring power of attorney to which this section applies is taken to be an enduring power of attorney made under, and in compliance with, this Act, to the extent that the powers it gives could validly have been given by an enduring power of attorney made under this Act.