Queensland Consolidated Regulations

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL RULES 2009 - REG 109

109 Additional general requirement for making application

(1) Unless the tribunal directs otherwise, an application for a proceeding under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 must include the following—

(a) to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, information about the following persons—

(i) the applicant;

(ii) if the applicant is not the adult concerned in the application—the adult;

(iii) the members of the adult’s family;

(iv) any primary carer of the adult;

(v) all current guardians and administrators for the adult;

(vi) all attorneys for the adult;

(b) anything else stated in rules 110 to 113 for applications of the same type.

(2) The information required under subrule (1) (a) is to enable the tribunal to give notice of the hearing of the proceeding and must consist of—

(a) each person’s name; and

(b) contact details for each person or, if the applicant does not know the contact details of a particular person, a way known to the applicant of contacting that person.

(3) In this rule—

"attorney" means—

(a) an attorney under a power of attorney; or

(b) an attorney under an advance health directive or similar document under the law of another jurisdiction.

"power of attorney" means—

(a) a general power of attorney made under the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 ; or

(b) an enduring power of attorney; or

(c) a power of attorney made otherwise than under the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 , whether before or after its commencement; or

(d) a similar document under the law of another jurisdiction.