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ADVANCE PERSONAL PLANNING ACT 2013 (NO 35 OF 2013) - SECT 88

Recognition of interstate documents

    (1)     Subject to this section, a recognised interstate document has effect in the Territory as if it were an advance personal plan made under this Act.

    (2)     This Act, other than Parts 2 and 3, applies to a recognised interstate document as if it were an advance personal plan made under this Act.

    (3)     An amendment or revocation of a recognised interstate document by the maker must be made in accordance with the corresponding law under which it was made.

    (4)     A person appointed by a recognised interstate document to make decisions for the maker of the document has, in the Territory, the same rights, powers and responsibilities as the person has under the corresponding law under which it was made.

    (5)     However, the regulations may limit, or impose conditions on the exercise of, the rights and powers mentioned in subsection (4).

    (6)     In this section:

"corresponding law" means a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory that is prescribed by regulation to be a corresponding law for this section.

"recognised interstate document" means a document made under a corresponding law that is of a kind prescribed by regulation to be a recognised interstate document.



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