84Access to principal

84 Access to principal (2) The public advocate is entitled to reasonable access to the principal. (3) An interested person may apply to the ACAT for access to the (4) The ACAT may, by order, grant the interested person access to the principal, whether with or without conditions, if satisfied that— (a) an attorney has denied the person access to the principal; and (b) it is reasonable to allow the access. (5) In this section: interested person, for an application mentioned in subsection (3), includes— (a) a relative of the principal; and (b) a person who is a carer of the principal or has been a carer of the principal in the last 12 months; and (c) a lawyer, or doctor, acting on behalf of a member of the principal’s family or relative of the principal. Note Interested person—see s 74.