Western Australian Current Acts

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 119

119 .         Order of priority of enduring guardian and guardian for matters other than treatment decisions

        (1)         This section applies if a person is unable to make reasonable judgments in respect of a matter relating to their person other than —

            (a)         treatment proposed to be provided to the person; or

            (b)         medical research proposed to be conducted in relation to the person.

        (2)         If the person has an enduring guardian who —

            (a)         is authorised to make a decision in respect of the matter; and

            (b)         is reasonably available; and

            (c)         is willing to make a decision in respect of the matter,

                a decision in respect of the matter must be made by the enduring guardian.

        (3)         If —

            (a)         subsection (2) does not apply; and

            (b)         the person has a guardian who —

                  (i)         is authorised to make a decision in respect of the matter; and

                  (ii)         is reasonably available; and

                  (iii)         is willing to make a decision in respect of the matter,

                a decision in respect of the matter must be made by the guardian.

        [Section 119 inserted: No. 25 of 2008 s. 13; amended: No. 14 of 2020 s. 14.]