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Powers of Attorney Act 2014
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22 Enduring power of attorney
(1) By an enduring power of attorney a person may authorise an eligible attorney to do anything on behalf of the person that a person can lawfully do by an attorney.
S. 22(2) substituted by No. 64/2016 s. 4.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person may confine what is authorised to be done by an attorney—
(a) to personal matters only; or
(b) to financial matters only; or
(c) to matters specified in the instrument of appointment.
(3) Despite any rule of law to the contrary an enduring power of attorney is not revoked by the principal, after making the power, becoming a person who does not have decision making capacity for any matters to which the power of attorney applies.
(4) In this section—
***eligible attorney*** means a person who is eligible under Division 3 to be appointed as an attorney under the power of attorney.
See section 26 for matters for which power cannot be given under an enduring power of attorney.