Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If the Minister is
satisfied that the laws of another State or Territory relating to the
guardianship of adults correspond sufficiently with this Act the Minister may
enter into an arrangement with the relevant Minister in that State or
Territory for the recognition of guardianship orders made under the laws of
that State or Territory in respect of persons who —
(a)
enter this State from that State or Territory; or
(b)
enter that State or Territory from this State.
(2) The Minister is to
cause any such arrangement to be published in the Gazette .
(3) Where an
interstate arrangement is in effect under subsection (1) a guardianship order
in force under the laws of the other State or Territory has, while the person
to whom it relates is in this State, the same force and effect according to
its terms as a guardianship order made under this Act.
(4) If an interstate
arrangement under subsection (1) ceases to operate the Minister is to cause
notice of that cessation to be published in the Gazette , but for the purposes
of subsection (3) the arrangement is to be deemed to continue in effect until
that notice is so published.
[Section 44A inserted: No. 7 of 1996 s. 19.]