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GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 109

109 .         On application State Administrative Tribunal may intervene

        (1)         A person who has, in the opinion of the State Administrative Tribunal, a proper interest in the matter may apply to the Tribunal for an order —

            (a)         requiring the donee of an enduring power of attorney to file with the Tribunal and serve on the applicant a copy of all records and accounts kept by the donee of dealings and transactions made by him in connection with the power;

            (b)         requiring such records and accounts to be audited by an auditor appointed by the Tribunal and requiring a copy of the report of the auditor to be furnished to the Tribunal and the applicant for the order; or

            (c)         revoking or varying the terms of an enduring power of attorney, appointing a substitute donee of the power or confirming that a person appointed to be the substitute donee of the power has become the donee.

        (2)         The donee of an enduring power of attorney may apply to the State Administrative Tribunal —

            (a)         for an order referred to in subsection (1)(c); or

            (b)         for directions as to matters connected with the exercise of the power or the construction of its terms.

        (3)         The State Administrative Tribunal may, upon an application under this section or upon receiving a report of a donee’s bankruptcy under section 107(1)(d)

            (a)         make an order referred to in subsection (1) or (2); or

            (b)         make such other order as to the exercise of the power or the construction of its terms as the Tribunal thinks fit.

        (4)         An order under this section may be made subject to such terms and conditions as the State Administrative Tribunal thinks fit.

        (5)         In relation to an enduring power of attorney recognised by the State Administrative Tribunal under section 104A, an order under this section is limited to the donor’s estate within Western Australia.

        [Section 109 amended: No. 7 of 1996 s. 34; No. 70 of 2000 s. 17; No. 55 of 2004 s. 466.]



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