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Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991
27AMissing people’s property—liability of manager and third
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27A Missing people’s property—liability of manager and third
party dealings
(1) A manager does not incur any liability, either to a missing person or
anyone else, because of conduct done honestly during the manager’s
appointment under section 8AA (4) (Manager for missing person’s
property) in relation to a missing person’s property if the conduct was
for the exercise of a function under the appointment or of a function
that the manager believed, on reasonable grounds, was a function
under the appointment.
(2) A person (the third party) who deals with a manager in relation to
property that is under the manager’s control because of the manager’s
appointment under section 8AA (4), does not incur any liability
because of the dealing if it was done in the honest belief that the
dealing was for the exercise of a function under the appointment.
conduct—see the Criminal Code, section 13.
Division 2.4 Cessation of guardianship or
management
28 Resignation
A guardian or manager may resign by writing given to the ACAT.
29 Death of represented person
Subject to section 30, a person’s guardian, or a manager of a person’s
property, ceases to be guardian or manager when the person dies.