Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2006 (NO. 50 OF 2006) - SECT 21

    (1)     A person cannot be a witness to a power of attorney if the person is—

        (a)     a person signing the power of attorney for the principal; or

        (b)     a person authorised as attorney under the power of attorney; or

        (c)     a child.

    (2)     Only 1 of the witnesses to the power of attorney can be a relative of—

        (a)     the principal; or

        (b)     a person authorised as attorney under the power of attorney.

    (3)     For an enduring power of attorney, 1 witness must be a person authorised to witness the signing of a statutory declaration.