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Guardianship and Administration Act 1990
8The *Guardianship and Administration Amendment Act 2000* s. 21 reads as follows:
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8 The *Guardianship and Administration Amendment Act 2000* s. 21 reads as follows:
21. Transitional and validation
(1) A person appointed before the commencement day under an enduring power of attorney (as defined in section 102) as the donee of the power in substitution of another donee on or during the occurrence of certain events or circumstances —
(a) is, from the commencement day, to be regarded as having been appointed a substitute donee under section 104B; and
(b) any act of that person under that power of attorney before the commencement day is to be regarded as having been as valid as if section 104B had been in operation at that time and the person had been appointed a substitute donee under it.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) affects any decision of —
(a) the Board under section 109; or
(b) a court or other tribunal,
and to the extent that subsection (1) conflicts or is inconsistent with such a decision, that decision prevails.
(3) In subsection (1) —
***commencement day*** means the day on which this Act comes into operation;
***section*** means a section of the *Guardianship and Administration Act 1990.*
9 The *Acts Amendment (Court of Appeal) Act 2004* Sch. 1 cl. 7 (to amend s. 37A and the heading to Part 3 Div. 4) was deleted by the *Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008* s. 75(3).
10 The *State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004* Pt. 5, the *State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004* s. 167 and 169, and the *State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004* r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.