Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2006 - SECT 91

    (1)     For this Act, a person is not taken to have impaired decision-making capacity only because the person—

        (a)     is eccentric; or

        (b)     makes unwise decisions; or

        (c)     does or does not express a particular political or religious opinion; or

        (d)     has a particular sexual orientation or expresses a particular sexual preference; or

        (e)     engages or has engaged in illegal or immoral conduct; or

        (f)     takes or has taken drugs, including alcohol.

    (2)     However, in deciding whether a person has impaired decision-making capacity, any effect of drug-taking on the person may be taken into account.