(1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

attorney means a person to whom a power of attorney is given;

certified copy , in the case of a power of attorney or print-out, means a copy of that power of attorney as registered or print-out that –

(a) is certified by the Recorder to be a copy of the power of attorney or print-out; or

(b) in the case of a copy created by a facsimile or electronic transmission process, has recorded on it by that process an indication that the transmission creating the copy was initiated in an office of the Recorder and a record of the time and date of the transmission;

close relative , in relation to a person, means –

(a) a spouse of the person; and

(b) a parent of the person; and

(c) a person who has one or both parents in common with the person; and

(d) a child of the person; and

(e) a child of, or a parent of, the spouse of the person; and

(f) a grandparent of the person; and

(g) an aunt or uncle of the person;

computer means any device for storing or processing information;

Court means the Supreme Court;

donor means a person who grants a power of attorney;

enduring power of attorney means an enduring power of attorney created under section 30 ;

instrument includes registration application;

machine copy , in relation to a document that is a power of attorney, means a copy of the document made by –

(a) a machine in which, or a process by which, a latent image of the contents of the document is produced from surface contact with the document or by the use of photosensitive material other than transparent photographic film; or

(b) the electrostatic process known as Xerography or any similar process;

photocopying process, in the case of a copy of a power of attorney, means the process of making a photographic copy or machine copy of the power of attorney;

photographic copy, in the case of a power of attorney, means a print made from a transparency of the power of attorney;

prescribed, in relation to a fee, means prescribed in Schedule 2 ;

print-out, in the case of a computer, means the output of that computer produced in a form that can be understood by sight;

Recorder means the Recorder of Titles;

register means the register of powers of attorney kept under section 4 ;

registration application means a registration application in accordance with form 5 ;

repealed Act means the Powers of Attorney Act 1934 ;

spouse, in relation to a person, means a person –

(a) who is married to the person; or

(b) who is a party to a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , with the person, which relationship is registered under that Act; or

(c) who is a party to a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , with the person, which relationship has been in existence for a continuous period of at least 2 years;

transparency , in relation to a document that is a power of attorney, means –

(a) a developed negative or positive photograph of that document (in this definition referred to as an original photograph) made on a transparent base by means of light reflected from, or transmitted through, the document; or

(b) a copy of an original photograph made by the use of photosensitive material on a transparent base placed in surface contact with the original photograph; or

(c) any one of a series of copies of an original photograph, the first of the series being made by the use of photosensitive material on a transparent base placed in surface contact with a copy referred to in paragraph (b) , and each succeeding copy in the series being made in the same manner from any preceding copy in the series;

Tribunal means the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

(2)  In this Act, a reference to a form is a reference to a form specified in Schedule 1 .