61DAgreements where person has a legal disability

61D Agreements where person has a legal disability (a) the Commission is authorised to enter into an agreement with a person under this Act; and (b) the injured person is under a legal disability that prevents the person from entering into agreements on his or her own behalf; and (c) the agreement is signed by a person who is authorised by law to enter into the agreement on behalf of the injured person. Examples to s. 61D(1) amended by No. 57/2014 s. 162. Examples of authorised people may include a person who has been appointed to be the injured person's guardian; a person who has been appointed as the attorney of the injured person under a general non‑enduring power of attorney or an enduring power of attorney; in the case of a minor, the injured person's parent. (2) A reference in this Act to the injured person includes a reference to the person who signed the agreement if the context requires or permits. (3) The Commission may include in the agreement provisions dealing with what is to happen if the person who signed the agreement ceases to be the injured person's representative. (4) The Commission may enter into a separate agreement with the injured person's representative imposing obligations on the representative in relation to the agreement with the injured person. S. 62 amended by No. 32/1988 s. 17(1).