Queensland Consolidated Acts

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 - SECT 48

48 Principal’s capacity for written revocation of advance health directive

(1) A principal may revoke an advance health directive in writing, to the extent it includes a direction about a health matter or special health matter, only if the principal has capacity for the matter.

(2) A principal may revoke an advance health directive in writing, to the extent it gives power to an attorney, only if the principal has the capacity necessary to make an advance health directive giving the same power.