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POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2000 (NO. 68 OF 2000) - SECT 3
Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears
attorney means a person to whom a power of attorney is given;
Board means the
Guardianship and Administration Board;
certified copy , in the case of a power
of attorney or print-out, means a copy of that power of attorney as registered
or print-out that (a) is certified by the Recorder to be a copy of
the power of attorney or print-out; or
(b) in the case of a copy created by a
facsimile or electronic transmission process, has recorded on it by that
process an indication that the transmission creating the copy was initiated in
an office of the Recorder and a record of the time and date of the
transmission;
computer means any device for storing or processing information;
Court means the Supreme Court;
donor means a person who grants a power of
attorney;
enduring power of attorney means an enduring power of attorney
created under section 30 ;
machine copy has the same meaning in the case
of a power of attorney as, under section 68A of the Evidence Act 1910 , it has
in the case of a document to which Division 5A of Part III of that Act
applies;
person acting judicially has the same meaning as it has for the
purposes of the Evidence Act 1910 ;
photocopying process , in the case of a
copy of a power of attorney, means the process of making a photographic copy
or machine copy of the power of attorney;
photographic copy , in the case of a
power of attorney, means a print made from a transparency of the power of
attorney;
print-out , in the case of a computer, means the output of that
computer produced in a form that can be understood by sight;
Recorder means
the Recorder of Titles;
register means the register of powers of attorney kept
under section 4 ;
repealed Act means the Powers of Attorney Act 1934 ;
transparency has the same meaning in the case of a power of attorney as, under
section 68A of the Evidence Act 1910 , it has in the case of a document to
which Division 5A of Part III of that Act applies.
(2) In this Act, a reference to a form is a reference to a form
specified in Schedule 1 .
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