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NSW TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN ACT 2009 - SECT 42

Orders relating to persons outside New South Wales

42 Orders relating to persons outside New South Wales

(cf PE Act, s 14)

(1) If a person has been found to be incapable of managing his or her own affairs by a legal inquiry in another State or a Territory, or a country to which this section applies, the Supreme Court may--
(a) direct a copy of the inquiry or the finding of the inquiry, duly certified by an officer of the court or other authority to which the finding has been returned, to be filed with the Court, and
(b) declare that the person is incapable of managing his or her affairs and order that the estate of the person in this State be subject to management under this Act, and
(c) by order appoint a suitable person as manager of the estate of the person in this State or commit the management of the estate of the person in this State to the NSW Trustee.
(2) The Governor may, by proclamation published on the NSW legislation website, extend the application of the provisions of this section to another country.



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