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Guardianship Act 1987
6HBResignation of appointment by appointee
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#### 6HB Resignation of appointment by appointee
6HB Resignation of appointment by appointee
> > (1) An appointee may resign the appointee’s appointment as an enduring guardian—
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> > > (a) if the appointor is not in need of a guardian—by giving written notice to that effect to the appointor, or
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> > > (b) if the appointor is in need of a guardian—with the approval of the Tribunal.
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> > (2) A written notice resigning an appointment as an enduring guardian must—
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> > > (a) be in or to the effect of the form prescribed by the regulations, and
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> > > (b) be signed—
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> > > > (i) by the appointee, or
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> > > > (ii) if the appointee instructs—by an eligible signer who signs for the appointee in the appointee’s presence, and
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> > > (c) be witnessed by an eligible witness, and
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> > > (d) if the notice is signed for the appointee by an eligible signer—contain, or have annexed to it, a certificate signed by the eligible witness that certifies that the appointee, in the witness’s presence, instructed the signer to sign the notice for the appointee.
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> > (3) Without limiting subsection (2) (b) (i), a notice is signed by the appointee if the appointee affixes his or her mark to the notice.
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> > (4) If an eligible signer signs a notice on behalf of an appointee as provided by subsection (2) (b) (ii), the appointee is taken to have signed the notice for the purposes of this Act.
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> > (5) The provisions of this section apply to the resignation of a substitute enduring guardian appointed as provided by section 6DA in the same way as they apply to the resignation of an appointee.
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> **s 6HB:** Ins 2002 No 89, Sch 1 \[10\]. Am 2015 No 2, Sch 2.1 \[6\].