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Powers of Attorney Act 1998
sec.116Order removing attorney or changing or revoking document
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### sec.116 Order removing attorney or changing or revoking document
The court may, by order—
remove an attorney and appoint a new attorney to replace the removed attorney; or
The court is not limited to appointing an eligible attorney (defined in section 29 ).
remove a power from an attorney and give the removed power to another attorney or to a new attorney; or
change the terms of a power of attorney, enduring power of attorney or advance health directive; or
revoke all or part of a document mentioned in paragraph (c) .
- (a) remove an attorney and appoint a new attorney to replace the removed attorney; or Note— The court is not limited to appointing an eligible attorney (defined in section 29 ).
- (b) remove a power from an attorney and give the removed power to another attorney or to a new attorney; or
- (c) change the terms of a power of attorney, enduring power of attorney or advance health directive; or
- (d) revoke all or part of a document mentioned in paragraph (c) .