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GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 55A

55A .         Priority of guardianship order

        (1)         To the extent a guardianship order relates to the making of a treatment decision for the represented person, the priority to be given to the order is determined in accordance with section 110ZJ.

        (1A)         To the extent a guardianship order relates to the making of a research decision in relation to the represented person, a guardian appointed under the order may make the decision only if the guardian is the research decision-maker for the person the subject of the guardianship order.

        (2)         To the extent a guardianship order relates to the performance of any other function in relation to the represented person, the priority to be given to the order is determined in accordance with section 119.

        [Section 55A inserted: No. 25 of 2008 s. 8; amended: No. 14 of 2020 s. 9.]



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