Powers of Attorney Act 2000
17Death, &c., of donor of power may be registered
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17 Death, &c., of donor of power may be registered
(1) [Section 17 Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:01 Feb 2014] Where a power of attorney has been registered under this Act, notice of the death, bankruptcy or insolvency of the donor or of revocation of the power of attorney is to be registered as provided by subsection (2) .
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , there is to be registered –
(a) [Section 17 Subsection (2) amended by No. 39 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:01 Feb 2014] a declaration made by a person of the fact of the death, bankruptcy or insolvency of the donor of a power of attorney, or of an attorney under an enduring power of attorney, made before a person having authority to administer an oath in the place, whether in Tasmania or elsewhere, where the declaration is made; or
(b) an instrument of revocation of a power of attorney; or
(c) a notice of revocation under the hand of the donor of a power of attorney; or
(ca) [Section 17 Subsection (2) amended by No. 39 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:01 Feb 2014] notice of the revocation of an enduring power of attorney by virtue of section 32AE(3) , under the hand of the donor, or the attorney, of the enduring power of attorney; or
(d) [Section 17 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2021, s. 308, Applied:05 Nov 2021] in the case of an enduring power of attorney that is revoked, or of which the terms are varied, by an order of the Tribunal under section 33 , a copy of that order.