sec.196Power of person acting for another person

### sec.196 Power of person acting for another person To remove any doubt, it is declared that, in relation to a matter under this Act— a person’s agent is able to do, in accordance with the terms of the person’s authorisation as agent, anything that the person could do; and a child’s parent is able to do anything that the child could do if the child were an adult. In this section— child means an individual who is under 18 years. parent — Parent, of a child, means any of the following persons— the child’s mother; the child’s father; a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child, including a person who is granted guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999 or who otherwise exercises parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State. However, a person standing in the place of a parent of a child on a temporary basis is not a parent of the child. A parent of an Aboriginal child includes a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a parent of the child. A parent of a Torres Strait Islander child includes a person who, under Island custom, is regarded as a parent of the child. s 196 amd 2023 No. 32 s 69 (sec.196-ssec.1) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, in relation to a matter under this Act— a person’s agent is able to do, in accordance with the terms of the person’s authorisation as agent, anything that the person could do; and a child’s parent is able to do anything that the child could do if the child were an adult. (sec.196-ssec.2) In this section— child means an individual who is under 18 years. parent — Parent, of a child, means any of the following persons— the child’s mother; the child’s father; a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child, including a person who is granted guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999 or who otherwise exercises parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State. However, a person standing in the place of a parent of a child on a temporary basis is not a parent of the child. A parent of an Aboriginal child includes a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a parent of the child. A parent of a Torres Strait Islander child includes a person who, under Island custom, is regarded as a parent of the child. - (a) a person’s agent is able to do, in accordance with the terms of the person’s authorisation as agent, anything that the person could do; and - (b) a child’s parent is able to do anything that the child could do if the child were an adult. - 1 Parent, of a child, means any of the following persons— (a) the child’s mother; (b) the child’s father; (c) a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child, including a person who is granted guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999 or who otherwise exercises parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State. - (a) the child’s mother; - (b) the child’s father; - (c) a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child, including a person who is granted guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999 or who otherwise exercises parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State. - 2 However, a person standing in the place of a parent of a child on a temporary basis is not a parent of the child. - 3 A parent of an Aboriginal child includes a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a parent of the child. - 4 A parent of a Torres Strait Islander child includes a person who, under Island custom, is regarded as a parent of the child. - (a) the child’s mother; - (b) the child’s father; - (c) a person who exercises parental responsibility for the child, including a person who is granted guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999 or who otherwise exercises parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a federal court or a court of a State.