Queensland Numbered Acts

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 - SECT 76

76 Amendment of s 118 (Advice, directions and recommendations etc.)

(1) Section 118 (2) , ‘if the court considers it in the best interests of the principal,’—
omit.

(2) Section 118 (2) , after ‘be authorised to undertake’—
insert —
, if the court is satisfied the transaction would be in accordance with the general principles

(3) Section 118 —
insert —

(3) Also, if an attorney undertakes a transaction mentioned in subsection (2) that has not been authorised under that subsection, the court may retrospectively authorise the transaction.

(4) A transaction authorised under subsection (3) is taken to be, and to have always been, as valid as if it had been undertaken under an authorisation given by the court before the attorney undertook the transaction.