Queensland Consolidated Acts

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 - SECT 109

109 Inherent jurisdiction and litigation guardian process not affected

(1) This Act does not affect the court’s inherent jurisdiction, including its parens patriae jurisdiction, or the powers the court has other than under this Act.

Note—

This jurisdiction is based on the need to protect those who lack the capacity to protect themselves. It allows the Supreme Court to appoint attorneys for people who, because of mental illness, intellectual disability, illness, accident or old age, are unable to adequately safeguard their own interests.

(2) This Act does not affect rules of court of the Supreme Court, District Court or Magistrates Courts about a litigation guardian for a person under a legal incapacity.