Court Procedures Rules
276Who may be litigation guardian
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276 Who may be litigation guardian (1) A person may be a litigation guardian of a person with a legal disability for a proceeding if the person— (a) is not a person with a legal disability; and (b) has no interest in the proceeding adverse to the interests of the person with a legal disability; and (c) has agreed to be the person’s litigation guardian. (2) If a person is authorised under a territory law to conduct a proceeding in the name of or for (however described) a person with a legal disability, the authorised person is entitled to be litigation guardian of the person with a legal disability in any proceeding to which the authorised person’s authority extends, unless the court otherwise 1 The Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991, s 7 (3) provides that a person’s guardian may be given the power by the ACAT to bring or continue a proceeding for or in the name of the person. 2 That Act, s 8 provides that the ACAT may appoint a manager to manage a person’s property. The powers that may be given to a person’s manager are the powers that the person would have if the person were legally competent to exercise powers in relation to the person’s property.