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GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 13

13 .         Jurisdiction of State Administrative Tribunal

                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.]



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