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POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2006 (NO. 50 OF 2006) - SECT 88

Recognition of general powers of attorney made under other laws

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a document (the interstate general power of attorney ) is expressed to be a power of attorney made under the law of a State or another Territory; and

        (b)     the interstate general power of attorney is not expressed to operate when the principal has impaired decision-making capacity (however described).

    (2)     The interstate general power of attorney is taken to be a general power of attorney made under, and in compliance with, this Act to the extent that the powers it gives could validly have been given by a general power of attorney made under this Act.



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