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National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018
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83 Duty of nominee
(1) It is the duty of an assistance nominee or a legal nominee of a person to act in the best interests of the person at all times.
(2) A nominee does not commit a breach of the duty imposed by subsection (1) by doing an act if, when the act is done, the nominee reasonably believes that it is in the best interests of the person that the act be done.
(3) A nominee does not commit a breach of the duty imposed by subsection (1) by refraining from doing an act if, at the relevant time, the nominee reasonably believes that it is in the best interests of the person that the act not be done.