(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).]