Queensland Consolidated Acts

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 - SECT 160

160 Delegation of public trustee’s powers under this Act

(1) If the public trustee has power under this Act for a financial matter for an adult, the public trustee may delegate the power to—

(a) an appropriately qualified member of the public trustee’s staff; or

(b) for day-to-day decisions about the matter—

(i) an appropriately qualified carer of the adult; or

(ii) an attorney under an enduring document; or

(iii) a person who would be eligible to be the adult’s statutory health attorney; or

(iv) another person the public trustee considers appropriately qualified to exercise the power.

(2) However, the public trustee may not delegate the public trustee’s powers mentioned in subsection (1) (b) to—

(a) the public guardian; or

(b) a paid carer for the adult.

(3) In this section—

"day-to-day decisions" , for a financial matter for an adult, means minor, uncontroversial decisions about day-to-day issues that involve no more than a low risk to the adult.