Queensland Numbered Acts

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 - SECT 67

67 Amendment of s 63 (Who is the statutory health attorney)

(1) Section 63 (1) (a) , before ‘a spouse’—
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a person who is 18 years or more and who is

(2) Section 63 (1) (a) —
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Note—

See the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 for the definition
"spouse" .

(3) Section 63 (1) (b) and (c) , ‘and is not a paid carer for the adult’—
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and is not—

(i) a paid carer for the adult; or

(ii) a health provider for the adult; or

(iii) a service provider for a residential service where the adult is a resident

(4) Section 63 —
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(5) For subsection (1)(c), a
"relation" of the adult is a person, other than a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b)—

(a) who has a close personal relationship with the adult and a personal interest in the adult’s welfare; and

(b) who—

(i) is related to the adult by blood, spousal relationship, adoption or a foster relationship; or

(ii) for an Aboriginal person—is a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a relative of the adult; or

(iii) for a Torres Strait Islander—is a person who, under Island custom, is regarded as a relative of the adult.