Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991
12Recognition of interstate etc guardians and managers
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12 Recognition of interstate etc guardians and managers (1) The ACAT must, on application, register the appointment of a person who is, under a corresponding law— (a) a guardian for another person who lives outside the ACT; or (b) a manager of property of another person who lives outside the ACT. (2) On registration, the person is taken to be a guardian, or manager of the property, of the other person, as the case requires, as if the appointment had been made by the ACAT. (3) The ACAT must not register an appointment unless the instrument of appointment, or a copy of it, has been lodged with the ACAT. corresponding law means a law of a State or of another Territory, or a law of a prescribed country, that corresponds, or substantially corresponds, to this Act.