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GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 67

67 .         Non-residents etc.

        (1)         An order may be made under section 64(1) in respect of a person who is not resident or domiciled in Western Australia, but any such order is limited to the person’s estate within Western Australia.

        (2)         Notwithstanding section 41(3)(b) or 89(3)(b), the State Administrative Tribunal may dispense with the requirement for notice to be given under that section to the person in respect of whom the application is made or the represented person, as the case may be, where that person is not resident or domiciled in Western Australia.

        (3)         In making an order in respect of a person referred to in subsection (1) the State Administrative Tribunal may act on a relevant finding under the written law of a State or Territory of Australia or the written law of New Zealand or a designated country.

        (4)         A finding referred to in subsection (3) may be evidenced by a copy thereof duly certified by an officer of the court or other authority by which the finding was made.

        (5)         In subsection (3) —

        designated country means any part of the Commonwealth of Nations or a country, state or territory declared to be a designated country for the purposes of that subsection by order made by the Governor and published in the Gazette ; and

        relevant finding means a finding of a kind described in section 64(1)(a) or a finding that, or to the effect that, a person is incapable of managing his affairs, or a finding having substantially the same meaning as any such finding.

        [Section 67 amended: No. 55 of 2004 s. 466(1).]



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