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GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 17

Guardians

17 Guardians

(1) A person shall not be appointed as the guardian of a person under guardianship unless the Tribunal is satisfied that:
(a) the personality of the proposed guardian is generally compatible with that of the person under guardianship,
(b) there is no undue conflict between the interests (particularly, the financial interests) of the proposed guardian and those of the person under guardianship, and
(c) the proposed guardian is both willing and able to exercise the functions conferred or imposed by the proposed guardianship order.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the appointment of the Public Guardian as the guardian of a person under guardianship.
(3) If, at the expiration of the period for which a temporary guardianship order has effect, the Tribunal is satisfied:
(a) that it is appropriate that a further guardianship order should be made with respect to the person under guardianship, and
(b) that there is no other person who it is satisfied is appropriate to be the person's guardian,
the Tribunal may, in accordance with this Division, make a continuing guardianship order appointing the Public Guardian as the guardian of the person.
(4) The Public Guardian shall be appointed as the guardian of a person the subject of a temporary guardianship order.



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