For the purposes of
this Act, the State Administrative Tribunal has —
(a)
jurisdiction to consider applications for guardianship and administration
orders; and
(b)
jurisdiction to make orders appointing, and as to the functions of, and for
giving directions to, guardians and administrators; and
(c)
jurisdiction to make orders declaring the capacity of a represented person to
vote at parliamentary elections; and
(d)
jurisdiction to review guardianship and administration orders and to make
orders consequential thereon; and
(e)
jurisdiction to give or withhold consent to the sterilisation of persons in
respect of whom guardianship orders are in force; and
(ea)
jurisdiction to consent or refuse consent to the performance of abortion on
persons who are unable to make reasonable judgments in respect of whether
abortions should be performed on them; and
(f)
certain jurisdiction in relation to powers of attorney that operate after the
donor has ceased to have legal capacity; and
(g) any
other jurisdiction vested in it by this Act or any other Act in relation to
matters of guardianship and administration; and
(h)
jurisdiction otherwise conferred on the Tribunal under this Act.
[Section 13 amended: No. 7 of 1996 s. 10; No. 55
of 2004 s. 425; No. 14 of 2020 s. 6; No. 20 of 2023 s. 27.]
[ 14-15A. Deleted: No. 55 of 2004 s. 426.]