Queensland Consolidated Acts

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 - SECT 245

245 Settlements or damages awards

(1) This section applies if, in a civil proceeding—

(a) the court sanctions a settlement between another person and an adult or orders an amount to be paid by another person to an adult; and

(b) the court considers the adult is a person with impaired capacity for a matter.

(2) The court may exercise all the powers of the tribunal under chapter 3 .

(3) Chapter 3 applies to the court in its exercise of these powers as if the court were the tribunal.

(4) As soon as practicable after a court makes an order under this section, the registrar of the court must give a copy of the order to the tribunal.

(5) Also, after the order is made, the registrar must, if requested by the tribunal, give the tribunal a copy of the part of the record of proceedings that is relevant to making the order.

(6) A fee is not payable to the court for a copy of part of the record of proceedings under subsection (5) .

(7) In this section—

"court" means the Supreme Court or the District Court.

"settlement" includes compromise or acceptance of an amount paid into court.