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Guardianship and Administration Act 1995
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### 25 Authority of guardian
> [*\[Section 25 Subsection (2) amended by No. 4 of 2000, s. 7, Applied:28 Apr 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-04-28/act-2000-004#GS7@EN) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (2) amended by No. 15 of 2021, s. 11, Applied:21 Nov 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-11-21/act-2021-015#GS11@EN) [*\[Section 25 Substituted by No. 21 of 2023, s. 15, Applied:01 Sep 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-09-01/act-2023-021#GS15@EN)
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> > (1) Subject to this Act, a guardianship order confers, on the person appointed as guardian, power to make decisions in relation to such of the represented person’s personal matters as are specified in the order.
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> > (2) Where a decision is made, action taken, consent given, or act done, by a guardian for a represented person, the decision, action, consent or act has effect as if it had been made, taken, given, or done, by the represented person and the represented person had the legal capacity to do so.
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> > (3) A guardian may, on behalf of a represented person, sign documents and do all such things as are necessary to give effect to any power or duty vested in the guardian by the guardianship order.