For the purposes of this Part of this Act, every person shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have the capacity—

• (a) To understand the nature, and to foresee the consequences, of decisions in respect of matters relating to his or her personal care and welfare; and

• (b) To communicate decisions in respect of those matters.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, a Court shall have jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in respect of any person who is ordinarily resident in New Zealand and who—

• (a) Lacks, wholly or partly, the capacity to understand the nature, and to foresee the consequences, of decisions in respect of matters relating to his or her personal care and welfare; or

• (b) Has the capacity to understand the nature, and to foresee the consequences, of decisions in respect of matters relating to his or her personal care and welfare, but wholly lacks the capacity to communicate decisions in respect of such matters.

(2) Subject to section 12(3), no Court has jurisdiction under this Part in respect of a person who has not attained the age of 18 years and who—

• (a) is not, and never has been, married or in a civil union; or

• (b) is 16 years old or older and is not living, and never has lived, with another person as a de facto partner

(3) The fact that the person in respect of whom the application is made for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction has made or is intending to make any decision that a person exercising ordinary prudence would not have made or would not make given the same circumstances is not in itself sufficient ground for the exercise of that jurisdiction by the Court.

Any one or more of the following persons may apply to a Court for the exercise of its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act:

• (a) A person who seeks the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction in respect of himself or herself:

• (b) A relative or an attorney of the person in respect of whom the application is made:

• (c) A social worker:

• (d) A medical practitioner:

• (e) A representative of any group that is engaged, otherwise than for commercial gain, in the provision of services and facilities for the welfare of persons in relation to whom the Court has jurisdiction in accordance with section 6 of this Act:

• (f) Where the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction is sought in respect of any person who is a patient or a resident in any hospital, home, or other institution, the superintendent, licensee, supervisor, or other person in charge of the hospital, home, or other institution:

• (g) Where the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction is sought in respect of any person subject to a property order, the manager of that person's property:

• (h) Any other person, with leave of the Court.

The primary objectives of a Court on an application for the exercise of its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act shall be as follows:

• (a) To make the least restrictive intervention possible in the life of the person in respect of whom the application is made, having regard to the degree of that person's incapacity:

• (b) To enable or encourage that person to exercise and develop such capacity as he or she has to the greatest extent possible.

(1) In considering an application for the exercise of its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act, a Court shall determine whether or not the person in respect of whom the application is made is a person in relation to whom it has jurisdiction under this Part in accordance with section 6 of this Act.

(2) If the Court is satisfied that the person in respect of whom the application is made is a person in relation to whom it has jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in accordance with section 6 of this Act, the Court shall determine whether or not it should make an order under section 10 or section 11 or section 12 of this Act, and (if so) what kind of order or orders, having regard to the primary objectives specified in section 8 of this Act.

(1) On an application for the exercise of a Court's jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in respect of any person, the Court may, subject to subsection (2) of this section, make any one or more of the following orders:

• (a) [Repealed]

• (b) An order that any parent of the person make suitable arrangements for the personal care of the person after the parent's death:

• (c) An order that the arrangements made by any parent of the person for the personal care of the person after the parent's death be observed, or be varied in any particular specified in the order:

• (d) An order that the person shall enter, attend at, or leave an institution specified in the order, not being a psychiatric hospital or a licensed institution under the Mental Health Act 1969:

• (e) An order that the person be provided with living arrangements of a kind specified in the order:

• (f) An order that the person be provided with medical advice or treatment of a kind specified in the order:

• (g) An order that the person be provided with educational, rehabilitative, therapeutic, or other services of a kind specified in the order:

• (h) An order that the person shall not leave New Zealand without the permission of the Court, or shall leave New Zealand only on conditions specified in the order:

• (i) An order appointing a person named in the order as next friend or guardian ad litem for the person for the purposes of any proceedings in a District Court:

• (j) An order under section 11 of this Act that a person named in the order administer any item of property specified in the order:

• (k) An order under section 12 of this Act appointing a welfare guardian for the person.

(2) No person (other than the person in respect of whom the application is made) shall be bound by a personal order unless that person is a party to the proceedings in which the order is made.

(3) In any order made under any of paragraphs (a) to (i) of subsection (1) of this section, the Court may specify a date by which the order is to be reviewed by the Court; and, if it does so, the Court shall also specify in the order the person or persons who is or are to be responsible for applying to the Court for a review of the order before the specified date.

(4) Where a Court makes any personal order, it may also make such other orders and give such directions as may be necessary or expedient to give effect, or better effect, to the personal order.

(1) Where, on an application to a Court for the exercise of its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act,—

• (a) The person in respect of whom the application is made is not subject to a property order; and

• (b) The Court considers that the making of a property order or the giving of a direction under section 64(3) of this Act would not be in accordance with section 8 of this Act; and

• (c) The Court considers the making of an order under this section necessary in all the circumstances,—

the Court may, subject to subsection (2) of this section, by order, appoint any person (but only 1 person) named in the order to administer, on behalf of the person in respect of whom the application is made, any property or income or benefit, belonging to the person or to which that person is or may become entitled, and specified in the order.

(2) No order may be made under this section in respect of either—

• (a) Any item of property that exceeds $2,000 in value, or such other amount as is, from time to time, prescribed by Order in Council for the purposes of this paragraph; or

• (b) Any income or benefit in excess, in any 1 year, of $20,000, or such other amount as is, from time to time, prescribed by Order in Council for the purposes of this paragraph.

(3) Every person who administers any property, income, or benefit pursuant to an order made under this section shall do so in such a way as to enable or encourage the person for whom he or she is acting to exercise and develop such capacity as that person has to the greatest extent possible.

(4) In any order made under this section, the Court shall specify a date, being not later than 3 years after the date of the order, by which the person appointed to administer the property is required to apply to the Court for a review of the order.

(5) The provisions of subsections (3) to (7) of section 31, sections 37, 43, 44, 49, and 50 (so far as it relates to expenses), and paragraphs (a), (b), and (e) of section 52 of this Act, so far as they are applicable and with any necessary modifications, shall apply to every person appointed to administer any property under this Act.

(1) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, on an application for the exercise of a Court's jurisdiction under this Part of this Act, the Court may make an order appointing a welfare guardian for the person in respect of whom the application is made in relation to such aspect or aspects of the personal care and welfare of that person as the Court specifies in the order.

(2) A Court shall not make an order under subsection (1) of this section unless it is satisfied—

• (a) That the person in respect of whom the application is made wholly lacks the capacity to make or to communicate decisions relating to any particular aspect or particular aspects of the personal care and welfare of that person; and

• (b) That the appointment of a welfare guardian is the only satisfactory way to ensure that appropriate decisions are made relating to that particular aspect or those particular aspects of the personal care and welfare of that person.

(3) A Court may make an order under subsection (1) in respect of a person of the kind referred to in section 6(2) if, but only if,—

• (a) No parent or guardian of that person is then living; or

• (b) No parent or guardian of that person is in regular contact with that person, and the Court is satisfied in all the circumstances that it would be in the interests of that person to appoint a welfare guardian for that person.

(4) No person under the age of 20 years, and no body corporate, shall be appointed a welfare guardian under this section.

(5) A Court shall not appoint any person as a welfare guardian under this section unless it is satisfied—

• (a) That the proposed appointee is capable of carrying out the duties of a welfare guardian in a satisfactory manner, having regard to the needs of the person in respect of whom the application is made, and the relationship between that person and the proposed appointee; and

• (b) That the proposed appointee will act in the best interests of the person in respect of whom the application is made; and

• (c) That there is unlikely to be any conflict between the interests of the proposed appointee and those of the person in respect of whom the application is made; and

• (d) The proposed appointee consents to the appointment.

(6) The Court shall not appoint more than 1 welfare guardian for any person unless, in the exceptional circumstances of the case, the Court is satisfied that it would be in the interests of that person to do so.

(7) So far as is practicable in the circumstances, a Court shall ascertain the wishes of the person in respect of whom the application is made when determining whom to appoint as welfare guardian under this section.

(8) In any order under this section, the Court shall specify a date, being not later than 3 years after the date of the order, by which the welfare guardian is required to apply to the Court for a review of the order.

(1) On an application for the exercise of a Court's jurisdiction under this Part of this Act, the Court may, instead of making any order under sections 10 to 12 of this Act, make such recommendations as it thinks fit relating to the course of action that it considers should be followed by the parties or any of them or by the person in respect of whom the application is made.

(2) In any case to which subsection (1) of this section applies, the Court shall formally dismiss the application but shall reserve leave to the parties and the person in respect of whom the application is made to apply to the Court for directions relating to the implementation of any of the Court's recommendations.

(3) No recommendation made under this section shall be binding on any person.

(1) On an application to a Court for the exercise of its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act, the Court may, either on the motion of the applicant or of its own motion, make an interim order under section 10 or section 11 or section 12 of this Act, pending the final determination of the application.

(2) Every party to the application, and the person in respect of whom the application is made, shall be given notice of any interim order made pursuant to this section, and shall be entitled to be heard on it.

(3) No interim order made pursuant to this section shall continue in force for more than 6 months after the date on which it is made.

(4) An interim order made pursuant to this section may be varied, discharged, or enforced in the same manner as if it were a final order of a Family Court.

(5) After hearing the parties, and the person in respect of whom the application is made, on any interim order made pursuant to this section, or such of them as wish to be heard, the Court may—

• (a) Make one but only one further interim order; or

• (b) Make a final order; or

• (c) Dismiss the application.

On an application for the exercise of a Court's jurisdiction under this Part of this Act, the Court may make any order under section 10 or section 11 or section 12 or section 14 of this Act with the consent of each party to the proceedings, if the Court is satisfied that the person in respect of whom the application is made understands the nature and foresees the consequences of the order and consents to it.

(1) Where an application for the exercise of a Court's jurisdiction under this Part of this Act is made in respect of any person subject to a property order, any order made by the Court under section 10 or section 12 or section 14 of this Act shall be binding on the manager of that person's property; and, in the event of any conflict arising between the powers and duties of the manager under Part 4 of this Act and the terms of the personal order, the personal order shall prevail.

(2) In any case to which subsection (1) of this section applies, the manager may apply to a Court for the variation, suspension, or discharge of the personal order, or for directions relating to its implementation.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a personal order shall expire—

• (a) On the date, or at the close of the period, specified in that behalf by the Court in the order; or

• (b) If no such provision is made in the order,—

  • (i) On the expiry of a period of 12 months beginning with the date of the order; or

  • (ii) When the effect of the order is spent,—

  whichever is the earlier.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, every personal order in which provision is made for the review of the order before a specified date shall expire on that date unless, on a review of the order, the Court decides that it should continue beyond that date.

(3) Where, in any case to which subsection (2) of this section applies, an application for a review of the order is made but not determined before the specified date, the order shall remain in force pending the determination of the application.

(1) No Court shall empower a welfare guardian, and no welfare guardian shall have power,—

• (a) To make any decision relating to the entering into marriage or civil union by the person for whom the welfare guardian is acting, or to the dissolution of that person's marriage or civil union; or

• (b) To make any decision relating to the adoption of any child of that person; or

• (c) To refuse consent to the administering to that person of any standard medical treatment or procedure intended to save that person's life or to prevent serious damage to that person's health; or

• (d) To consent to the administering to that person of electro-convulsive treatment; or

• (e) To consent to the performance on that person of any surgery or other treatment designed to destroy any part of the brain or any brain function for the purpose of changing that person's behaviour; or

• (f) To consent to that person's taking part in any medical experiment other than one to be conducted for the purpose of saving that person's life or of preventing serious damage to that person's health.

(2) Subject to subsection (1) of this section, a welfare guardian shall have all such powers as may be reasonably required to enable the welfare guardian to make and implement decisions for the person for whom the welfare guardian is acting in respect of each aspect specified by the Court in the order by which the appointment of the welfare guardian is made.

(3) In exercising those powers, the first and paramount consideration of a welfare guardian shall be the promotion and protection of the welfare and best interests of the person for whom the welfare guardian is acting, while seeking at all times to encourage that person to develop and exercise such capacity as that person has to understand the nature and foresee the consequences of decisions relating to the personal care and welfare of that person, and to communicate such decisions.

(4) Without limiting the generality of subsection (3) of this section, a welfare guardian shall—

• (a) Encourage the person for whom the welfare guardian is acting to act on his or her own behalf to the greatest extent possible; and

• (b) Seek to facilitate the integration of the person for whom the welfare guardian is acting into the community to the greatest extent possible; and

• (c) Consult, so far as may be practicable,—

  • (i) The person for whom the welfare guardian is acting; and

  • (ii) Such other persons, as are, in the opinion of the welfare guardian, interested in the welfare of the person and competent to advise the welfare guardian in relation to the personal care and welfare of that person; and

  • (iii) A representative of any group that is engaged, otherwise than for commercial gain, in the provision of services and facilities for the welfare of persons in respect of whom the Court has jurisdiction in accordance with section 6 of this Act, and that, in the opinion of the welfare guardian, is interested in the welfare of the person and competent to advise the welfare guardian in relation to the personal care and welfare of that person.

(5) In addition to subsection (4)(c) of this section, where the person for whom the welfare guardian is acting is subject to a property order, the welfare guardian shall consult on a regular basis with the manager of that person's property to ensure that the interests of that person are not prejudiced through any breakdown in communication between the welfare guardian and the manager.

(6) A welfare guardian may apply to a Court for directions relating to the exercise of the powers of the welfare guardian, and the Court may give such directions as it thinks fit.

(1) Every decision made by a welfare guardian in the exercise of the powers conferred by or under this Part of this Act, and everything done by a welfare guardian in implementation of any such decision, shall have the same effect as it would have had if it had been made or done by the person for whom the welfare guardian is acting and that person had had full capacity to make or do it.

(2) No person dealing with a welfare guardian in respect of any matter within the powers of the welfare guardian shall be concerned to inquire as to the concurrence or otherwise of the person for whom the welfare guardian is acting or of any other person, or be affected by notice that any such person has not concurred.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, no action shall lie against a welfare guardian in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the welfare guardian in the exercise of the powers conferred by or under this Act, unless it is shown that the welfare guardian acted in bad faith or without reasonable care.

(2) A welfare guardian shall be personally liable in respect of any contract or arrangement entered into with, or liability incurred to, any person if the welfare guardian does not, before entering into the contract or arrangement or incurring the liability, disclose to that person that the welfare guardian is acting in that capacity.

(1) Subject to any order of a Court made under subsection (2) of this section, all expenses reasonably incurred by a welfare guardian in the exercise of the powers and duties conferred by or under this Act shall be charged against, and payable out of, the property of the person for whom the welfare guardian is acting.

(2) A Court may order that any expenses incurred or to be incurred by a welfare guardian in the exercise of the powers and duties conferred by or under this Act shall be met, in whole or in part, out of the Consolidated Account from money appropriated for the purpose by Parliament; and every such order shall have effect according to its tenor.

A welfare guardian shall cease to hold office—

• (a) If the person for whom the welfare guardian is acting dies; or

• (b) If the welfare guardian dies or is adjudged bankrupt or becomes a special patient or a committed patient under the Mental Health Act 1969 or becomes subject to a property order or becomes otherwise incapable of acting; or

• (c) If the personal order by which the welfare guardian was appointed expires in accordance with section 17 of this Act or is discharged by the Court under section 86 of this Act.

(1) Where any person is required by a personal order to do any thing and that person fails to comply with any of the requirements of the order, any party to the proceedings in which the order was made, or the person in respect of whom the order was made, may apply to a Court for the appointment of a welfare guardian.

(2) The function of a welfare guardian appointed under this section shall be to take all reasonable steps to ensure compliance with the order of the Court by the person who has so far failed to comply with it.

(3) A Court, on appointing a welfare guardian under this section, shall specify in the order by which the appointment is made the date on which the welfare guardian is to cease to act; and on that date the order shall expire.

(4) Subject to the preceding provisions of this section, the provisions of sections 19 to 22 of this Act, so far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, shall apply to a welfare guardian appointed under this section as if the welfare guardian had been appointed under section 12 of this Act.

For the purposes of this Part of this Act, every person shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be competent to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property.

(1) A Court shall have jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in respect of any property owned by any person—

• (a) Who is domiciled or is ordinarily resident in New Zealand; and

• (b) Who, in the opinion of the Court, lacks wholly or partly the competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property.

(2) A Court shall also have jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in respect of any property situated in New Zealand and owned by any person—

• (a) Who is not domiciled nor is ordinarily resident in New Zealand; and

• (b) Who, in the opinion of the Court, lacks wholly or partly the competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property so situated.

(3) The fact that the person in respect of whom an application is made for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction is managing or is intending to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property in a manner that a person of ordinary prudence would not adopt given the same circumstances is not in itself sufficient ground for the exercise of that jurisdiction by the Court.

(4) In determining whether or not it should exercise its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in relation to any person, a Court may have regard to the degree to which the person is subject, or is liable to be subjected, to undue influence in the management of his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property.

Any one or more of the following persons may apply to a Court for the exercise of its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act:

• (a) A person who seeks the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction in respect of himself or herself:

• (b) A relative or an attorney of the person in respect of whom the application is made:

• (c) A social worker:

• (d) A medical practitioner:

• (e) A trustee corporation:

• (f) A representative of any group that is engaged, otherwise than for commercial gain, in the provision of services and facilities for the welfare of persons in relation to whom the Court has jurisdiction under this Act in accordance with section 25 of this Act:

• (g) Where the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction is sought in respect of any person who is a patient or a resident in any hospital, home, or other institution, the superintendent, licensee, supervisor, or other person in charge of the hospital, home, or other institution:

• (h) Where a welfare guardian has been appointed for the person in respect of whom the application is made, that welfare guardian:

• (i) Any other person, with leave of the Court.

(1) Where—

• (a) Any person is or has been admitted to any hospital, home, or other institution as a patient or resident; and

• (b) The superintendent, licensee, supervisor, or other person in charge of the hospital, home, or other institution considers—

  • (i) That the patient or resident may be a person in relation to whom a Court has jurisdiction under this Part of this Act; and

  • (ii) That it may be desirable in the interests of the patient or resident that a manager be appointed under this Part of this Act in respect of any property owned by the patient or resident,—

the superintendent, licensee, supervisor, or other person in charge may give notice of the case to the Registrar of the Court.

(2) On receiving any notice under subsection (1) of this section, the Registrar may refer the matter to a trustee corporation with a request that the corporation investigate the case and report to the Registrar on—

• (a) Whether any person described in section 26 of this Act is intending to make an application to the Court for the exercise of its jurisdiction under section 25 of this Act, or to a trustee corporation under section 32 or section 33 of this Act, in respect of any property owned by the patient or resident; and

• (b) If no such person is intending to make such an application, whether the trustee corporation considers that such an application would be desirable in the interests of the patient.

(3) If the trustee corporation—

• (a) Finds that no person described in section 26 of this Act intends to make such an application; and

• (b) Considers that the making of such an application would be desirable in the interest of the patient; and

• (c) Does not intend to make such an application itself,—

the trustee corporation may report accordingly to the Registrar.

(4) On receiving a report under subsection (3) of this section, the Registrar shall refer the matter to a Judge who may give to the Registrar all such directions as the Judge considers appropriate to have the matter drawn to the attention of such person or persons described in section 26 of this Act as the Judge thinks fit.

The primary objectives of a Court on an application for the exercise of its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act shall be as follows:

• (a) To make the least restrictive intervention possible in the management of the affairs of the person in respect of whom the application is made in relation to his or her property, having regard to the degree of that person's lack of competence:

• (b) To enable or encourage that person to exercise and develop such competence as he or she has to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property to the greatest extent possible.

(1) In considering an application for the exercise of its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act, a Court shall determine whether or not the person in respect of whom the application is made is a person in relation to whom it has jurisdiction under this Part in accordance with section 25 of this Act.

(2) If the Court is satisfied that the person in respect of whom the application is made is a person in relation to whom it has jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in accordance with section 25 of this Act, the Court shall determine whether or not to make an order under section 31 of this Act, and (if so) in relation to what property, having regard to the primary objectives specified in section 28 of this Act.

(3) If the Court decides to make an order under section 31 of this Act in relation to any property, it shall determine which of the rights and powers specified in clause 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act the manager is to have in respect of that property, what other rights and powers (if any) the manager is to have in respect of that property, and what restrictions (if any) are to be imposed on the exercise of any such rights and powers.

(1) Where a Court is satisfied—

• (a) That an application for the exercise of its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act has been made or is to be made in relation to any person; and

• (b) That there are reasonable grounds for believing that that person may be a person in relation to whom a Court has jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in accordance with section 25 of this Act; and

• (c) That it is in the best interests of that person that urgent provision be made for the protection of his or her property or any part of it pending the final determination of the application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction,—

the Court may make a temporary order under this section.

(2) A temporary order may be made on the application of any person specified in section 26 of this Act.

(3) It shall not be necessary to serve a copy of an application for a temporary order on the person in respect of whom the order is sought, nor shall that person be entitled to attend, or be heard, or call or cross-examine witnesses in respect of the application, unless the Court otherwise orders.

(4) Nothing in sections 66 to 73 of this Act shall apply in respect of an application for a temporary order under this section.

(5) If a Court makes a temporary order, it shall appoint as temporary manager such fit and proper person (being a person who would be eligible for appointment as manager under section 31 of this Act) to take possession and control of the property of the person in respect of whom the order is made, or such of that person's property as may be specified in the order.

(6) Where a Court decides to make a temporary order, sections 16, 31, 35 to 53, and 57 of this Act shall apply with any necessary modifications.

(7) No temporary order made pursuant to this section shall continue in force for more than 3 months after the date on which it is made.

(8) A temporary order made pursuant to this section may be varied, discharged, or enforced in the same manner as if it were a final order of a Family Court.

(1) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section and to sections 31A and 31B of this Act, on an application for the exercise of a Court's jurisdiction under this Part of this Act, the Court may make an order appointing one or more suitable persons (whether or not the person or persons proposed in the application) to act as manager of the property, or any specified part of the property, of the person in respect of whom the application is made.

(2) Where the Court appoints 2 or more managers, their responsibility shall be jointly held, unless the Court orders otherwise.

(3) No person under the age of 20 years, and no body corporate other than a trustee corporation, shall be appointed a manager under this section.

(4) Where the person in respect of whom the application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction is made is a patient or resident of a hospital, home, or other institution, the superintendent, licensee, supervisor, or other person in charge of the hospital, home, or other institution shall not be appointed a manager under this section.

(5) The Court shall not appoint any person a manager under this section unless it is satisfied—

• (a) That the proposed appointee is capable of carrying out the duties of a manager in a satisfactory manner, having regard to the needs of the person in respect of whom the application is made, and the relationship between that person and the proposed appointee; and

• (b) That the proposed appointee will act in the best interests of the person in respect of whom the application is made; and

• (c) The proposed appointee consents to the appointment.

(6) In determining whom to appoint as manager under this section, a Court shall take into account any likely conflict between the interests of the proposed appointee and those of the person in respect of whom the application is made.

(7) So far as is practicable in the circumstances, a Court shall ascertain the wishes of the person in respect of whom the application is made when determining whom to appoint as manager under this section.

(8) In any order made under this section, the Court shall specify a date, being not later than 3 years after the date of the order, by which the manager is required to apply to the Court for a review of the order.

Where a kai tiaki trust is constituted under section 217 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 in respect of any interests in Maori land or General land or any shares in a Maori incorporation or any personal property to which any person under disability (within the meaning of Part 12 of that Act) is entitled, no property order made under section 31 of this Act and no declaration accepted by a trustee corporation and filed under section 32(3) or section 33(4) of this Act shall apply in respect of any such interests or shares or property.

(1) Where it appears to a Family Court that an application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Part of this Act may result in an order appointing one or more persons to act as the manager of—

• (a) Beneficial interests in Maori freehold land (as defined in section 4 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993); or

• (b) Shares in a Maori incorporation (as defined in section 246 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993),—

the Court shall refer that application to the Maori Land Court.

(2) Where an application is referred to the Maori Land Court under subsection (1) of this section, the Maori Land Court shall treat that application, to the extent that it relates to beneficial interests in Maori freehold land or shares in a Maori incorporation or both, as if it were an application under section 217 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 for the constitution of a kai tiaki trust in respect of those interests or shares or both.

(3) Where the Maori Land Court constitutes a kai tiaki trust in respect of any beneficial interests in Maori freehold land or shares in a Maori incorporation,—

• (a) No order shall be made under section 31 of this Act in respect of those interests or shares; and

• (b) No trustee corporation shall, under section 32(3) or section 33(4) of this Act, accept any application filed under section 33 or section 34 of this Act in respect of those interests or shares.

(4) Where the Maori Land Court, after considering an application referred to that Court under subsection (1) of this section, declines to constitute a kai tiaki trust in respect of any beneficial interests in Maori freehold land or any shares in a Maori incorporation to which that application relates, a Family Court may—

• (a) Make a property order under section 31 of this Act in respect of those interests or shares or any of them; or

• (b) Otherwise exercise its jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in respect of those interests or shares or any of them.

(1) Any person who—

• (a) Has attained the age of 18 years; and

• (b) Is domiciled or is ordinarily resident in New Zealand; and

• (c) Considers that he or she lacks wholly or partly the competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property,—

may apply in accordance with the succeeding provisions of this section to a trustee corporation to act as manager of that person's property or of any part of it.

(2) Every application under this section shall be in writing, and shall—

• (a) Contain particulars of the person's lack of competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property; and

• (b) Specify the property of the applicant, and the rights and powers in respect of that property, of which the applicant wishes the trustee corporation to assume control; and

• (c) Be accompanied by—

  • (i) certificates from 2 medical practitioners (at least 1 of whom must be independent of the applicant, or a relative of the applicant) as to the extent of the applicant's lack of competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property; and

  • (ii) A statutory declaration by the applicant that the applicant has received independent legal advice about, and understands the nature, purpose, and consequences of, the application and the applicant's right under section 34(c) of this Act to declare that the trustee corporation shall no longer act as manager; and

• (d) Be made to the trustee corporation within 30 days after the date of the earlier of the 2 medical certificates referred to in paragraph (c)(i) of this subsection, or of the date of the statutory declaration referred to in paragraph (c)(ii) of this subsection, whichever is the earlier.

(3) If the trustee corporation is satisfied that—

• (a) The applicant is not wholly competent to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property; and

• (b) It is in the best interests of that person that a manager act for that person; and

• (c) The applicant seeks to have the trustee corporation assume control of the property of the applicant, and of the applicant's rights and powers in respect of that property (as specified in the application) only to the extent necessary having regard to the degree of the applicant's lack of competence,—

the trustee corporation may accept the application and file a copy of it with a Court within 30 days after the making of the application.

(4) The trustee corporation shall make such inquiries and obtain such reports as it thinks necessary for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section.

(5) On the filing of a copy of an application under subsection (3) of this section, the trustee corporation shall become the manager of the property specified in the application and shall have and may exercise in respect of that property the rights and powers specified in the application.

(1) A person who may apply for an order under any of paragraphs (b) to (d) and (f) to (h) of section 26 of this Act may apply to a trustee corporation to act as manager for any other person in respect of any property of that other person, the gross value of which does not exceed $100,000 or such other amount as is, from time to time, prescribed by Order in Council for the purposes of this subsection.

(2) No application may be made under subsection (1) of this section in relation to any property in respect of which a Court does not have jurisdiction under this Part of this Act.

(3) Every application under this section shall be in writing, and shall—

• (a) Contain particulars of the person's lack of competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property; and

• (b) Specify the property of the person in respect of whom the application is made, and the rights and powers in respect of that property, of which the applicant wishes the trustee corporation to assume control; and

• (c) be accompanied by certificates from 2 medical practitioners (at least 1 of whom must be independent of the applicant and the person in respect of whom the application is made) as to whether or not that person—

  • (i) lacks the competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property, and, if so, to what extent; and

  • (ii) is able to understand the nature, purpose, and consequences of the application; and

• (d) Where a certificate referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection indicates that the person in respect of whom the application is made is able to understand the nature, purpose, and consequences of the application, be accompanied by a statutory declaration by the person that he or she has received independent legal advice about, and understands the nature, purpose, and consequences of, the application and that person's right under section 34(c) of this Act to declare that the trustee corporation shall no longer act as manager; and

• (e) Be made to the trustee corporation within 30 days after the date of the earlier of the 2 medical certificates referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection or of the date of any statutory declaration referred to in paragraph (d) of this subsection, whichever is the earlier.

(4) If the trustee corporation is satisfied that—

• (a) The person in respect of whom the application is made is not wholly competent to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property; and

• (b) It is in the best interests of that person that a manager act for that person; and

• (c) The applicant seeks to have the trustee corporation assume control of the property of that person, and of that person's rights and powers in respect of that property (as specified in the application) only to the extent necessary having regard to the degree of that person's lack of competence,—

the trustee corporation may accept the application and file a copy of it with a Court within 30 days after the making of the application.

(5) The trustee corporation shall make such inquiries and obtain such reports as it thinks necessary for the purposes of subsection (4) of this section.

(6) On the filing of a copy of an application under subsection (4) of this section, the trustee corporation shall become the manager of the property specified in the application and shall have and may exercise in respect of that property the rights and powers specified in the application.

(7) If, after filing a copy of an application under subsection (6) of this section, the gross value of the person's property is found to exceed $120,000 or such other amount as is, from time to time, prescribed by Order in Council for the purposes of this subsection at the time of such filing, the trustee corporation shall file in the Court a memorandum stating that fact, and seeking the leave of the Court to withdraw the application.

(1) A person shall cease to be subject to a property order where—

• (a) The person dies; or

• (b) The Court discharges the property order under section 87 of this Act; or

• (c) In any case where a trustee corporation is acting as manager pursuant to section 32 or section 33 of this Act, 7 days after the person for whom the corporation is acting, by notice in writing to the corporation (a copy of which notice the corporation shall forthwith file with the Court) declares that the corporation shall no longer act as manager.

(2) Where—

• (a) A trustee corporation is acting as manager pursuant to section 32 or section 33 of this Act; and

• (b) The trustee corporation receives from the person for whom it is so acting a notice of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(c) of this section; and

• (c) The trustee corporation knows that a welfare guardian or an attorney is acting for that person,—

the trustee corporation shall inform the welfare guardian or attorney of the receipt of the notice.

The property of a person subject to a property order shall not vest in the manager, but the manager shall be entitled to the possession and management of so much of the property as the order applies to in accordance with the succeeding provisions of this Part of this Act.

(1) In managing any property under this Act, the first and paramount consideration of a manager shall be to use the property in the promotion and protection of the best interests of the person for whom the manager is acting, while seeking at all times to encourage that person to develop and exercise such competence as that person has to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) of this section, so far as is practicable in the circumstances and to encourage the person for whom the manager is acting to develop and exercise such competence as that person has to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property, the manager may allow that person to have control of and deal with any part of the property.

(1) A Court may, if it thinks fit, require any manager (other than a trustee corporation), upon appointment or at any time thereafter, to give such security to Public Trust as the Court thinks fit for the due performance of the duties of the manager.

(2) The security may be a bond, with or without a surety or sureties, or such other security as the Court directs and approves.

(3) A Court may at any time, on the application of Public Trust, require a manager to give to Public Trust further or other security for the due performance of the manager's duties.

(4) A Court may at any time give leave to Public Trust to enforce any such security, and Public Trust shall thereupon proceed by action or otherwise to enforce the security accordingly.

(5) All money so received by Public Trust shall be deemed part of the property for which the person is or was the manager, and all costs and expenses so incurred by Public Trust shall be paid out of that property.

(6) Public Trust may commence or institute proceedings against any such manager for any breach of duty, and may apply to the Court ex parte for an injunction to restrain any such breach or any threatened breach.

(1) A manager shall have all such rights and powers as the Court may confer on the manager in the property order, subject to any restrictions specified by the Court in the order.

(2) A manager of the property of a person subject to a property order may apply to a Court for directions relating to the exercise of any of the manager's rights and powers.

(3) Where a manager is, in accordance with this Act, authorised to make an application under section 122 of the Land Transfer Act 1952 to have a transmission registered, a District Land Registrar is authorised to accept such an application notwithstanding the fact that the manager is not the person claiming to be entitled to the estate or interest in land.

For the purpose of enabling Public Trust to exercise effectively any of the powers conferred on Public Trust by or under this Act or any other enactment or by any order of the Court or by law, or to do any other act or thing that Public Trust is thereby authorised or empowered to do, Public Trust may, either in Public Trust's own corporate name or in the name and on behalf of the person subject to a property order, exercise the powers in clause 1 of Schedule 2 to this Act.

(1) The management of the property of a person subject to a property order in respect of which Public Trust is the manager or one of the managers shall be deemed to be placed in Public Trust; and, subject to the provisions of this Act, all the provisions of the Public Trust Act 2001, so far as they are applicable and with any necessary modifications, shall extend and apply accordingly to the management of that person's property.

(2) All expenses incurred by Public Trust as manager, whether alone or together with any other person or persons, in respect of the maintenance of any person subject to a property order or in the management of the property of any such person, or in the exercise of the powers, authorities, and discretions conferred on Public Trust in respect of that property, shall be charged against and payable out of that person's property; and, in addition, there shall be payable in respect of that property remuneration and amounts in accordance with Public Trust's scale of charges.

(3) All such expenses, commissions, and other charges shall be payable out of the estate of the person subject to a property order notwithstanding that the person dies or his or her property otherwise ceases to be under the management of Public Trust before such payment is made.

(1) The management of the property of a person subject to a property order in respect of which the Maori Trustee is the manager or one of the managers shall be deemed to be placed in the Maori Trust Office; and, subject to the provisions of this Act, all the provisions of the Maori Trustee Act 1953, so far as they are applicable and with any necessary modifications, shall extend and apply accordingly to the management of that person's property.

(2) All expenses incurred by the Maori Trustee as manager, whether alone or together with any other person or persons, in respect of the maintenance of any person subject to a property order or in the management of the property of any such person, or in the exercise of the powers, authorities, and discretions conferred on the Maori Trustee in respect of that property, shall be charged against and payable out of that person's property; and, in addition, there shall be payable in respect of that property the commissions and other charges from time to time prescribed by regulations made under section 48 of the Maori Trustee Act 1953.

(3) All such expenses, commissions, and other charges shall be payable out of the estate of the person subject to a property order notwithstanding that the person dies or his or her property otherwise ceases to be under the management of the Maori Trustee before such payment is made.

Where a property order is made in respect of any person subject to a personal order, the exercise by the manager of the rights and powers conferred by or under this Part of this Act shall be subject to the terms of the personal order.

(1) In the management of the property of a person subject to a property order, the manager shall, as far as it may be practicable, consult—

• (a) The person for whom the manager is acting; and

• (b) Such other persons, as are, in the opinion of the manager, interested in the welfare of the person and competent to advise the manager in relation to the management of the person's property; and

• (c) A representative of any group that is engaged, otherwise than for commercial gain, in the provision of services and facilities for the welfare of persons in respect of whose property the Court has jurisdiction in accordance with section 25 of this Act, and that, in the opinion of the manager, is competent to advise the manager in relation to the property that is subject to the property order.

(2) The manager may follow any advice given to the manager by the person for whom the manager is acting or by any other person referred to in subsection (1) of this section, and shall not be liable for anything done or omitted by the manager in following that advice, unless done or omitted in bad faith or without reasonable care.

(3) In any case where the manager is of the opinion that any such advice conflicts with his or her duty as manager or with any rule of law or would or may expose the manager to liability or is otherwise objectionable, or in any case where conflicting advice is given to the manager, the manager may apply to a Court for directions in the matter, and shall not incur any liability in respect of anything done or omitted to be done in accordance with any such directions.

(4) In any case to which subsection (3) of this section applies, the Court may make such order as to costs as it thinks fit.

(5) Nothing in subsection (3) of this section shall oblige the manager to apply to a Court for directions.

(6) Without limiting any of the foregoing provisions of this section, where a welfare guardian has been appointed for the person for whom the manager is acting, the manager shall consult on a regular basis with that welfare guardian to ensure that the interests of the person for whom they are acting are not prejudiced through any breakdown in communication between the manager and the welfare guardian.

(1) Every decision made by a manager in the exercise of the powers conferred by or under this Part of this Act, and everything done by a manager in implementation of any such decision, shall have the same effect as it would have had if it had been made or done by the person for whom the manager is acting and that person had had full capacity to make or do it.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) of this section, any contract, agreement, or other arrangement made or entered into by the manager in relation to any property of which he or she is the manager may be enforced in respect of the property, by proceedings (where necessary) brought against the manager in his or her capacity as manager, in the same manner and to the same extent as it could have been enforced if it had been made or entered into by the person for whom the manager is acting and that person had been fully competent to make or enter into it.

(3) No person dealing with a manager in respect of any matter within the powers of a manager shall be concerned to inquire as to the concurrence or otherwise of the person for whom the manager is acting or of any other person or be affected by notice that the person or any other person has not concurred.

(1) For the purposes of this section the term year, in relation to a manager, means a period of 12 months commencing with the date on which his or her managership begins or with an anniversary of that date.

(2) Every manager shall prepare a statement, in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars, and file it in a Court together with 2 copies, as follows:

• (a) Within 3 months after the date of the commencement of his or her managership, a statement of the property, as at that date, of the person for whom the manager is acting:

• (b) Within 30 days after the expiry of each year during which his or her managership continues, a statement relating to the property, as at the expiry of that year, of the person for whom the manager is acting and to the management of that property by the manager during that year:

• (c) Within 30 days after the date on which the manager ceases in accordance with section 52 of this Act to hold office as manager, a statement relating to the property, as at that date, of the person for whom the manager was acting and to the management of that property by the manager during the period commencing with the expiry of the last complete year of his or her managership and ending with that date.

(2A) Notwithstanding anything in subsections (1) and (2)(b) of this section, the Court may specify both the period of 12 months that, in relation to any managership, is to constitute a year for the purposes of any statement required to be filed under subsection (2)(b) of this section and the transitional arrangements that, in relation to statements required to be filed under subsection (2)(b) of this section, are to apply in relation to a change of balance date.

(3) Every manager commits an offence and is liable upon conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years who, in a statement filed under this section, includes any particular knowing it to be false.

(4) Every manager commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 who fails to file a statement when required to do so by subsection (2) of this section.

(1) Where any statement is filed in a Court under section 45 of this Act by any manager who is not a trustee corporation, the Registrar of the Court shall forthwith transmit 1 copy of the statement to Public Trust, and send the other copy to the person for whom the manager is acting.

(2) Public Trust, or a chartered accountant appointed by Public Trust for the purposes of this section, shall examine a statement transmitted to Public Trust under subsection (1) of this section, and shall prepare a report as to whether the statement is correct and, if not, in what respects it is deficient.

(3) A report under subsection (2) of this section shall be filed with the Court, and a copy of the report shall be given to the manager who filed the statement.

(4) Public Trust, or a chartered accountant appointed by Public Trust for the purposes of this section, shall have a right of access to the books, accounts, vouchers, securities, or other documents of the manager or in the manager's custody or under the manager's control, and to any securities and documents of title held by the manager on account of the person for whom he or she is acting as manager, and may require from the manager such information and explanation as may be necessary.

(5) If any person having the custody or control of any books, accounts, vouchers, securities, or other documents to which Public Trust, or a chartered accountant appointed by Public Trust for the purposes of this section, has a right of access under this section fails or refuses to allow Public Trust or that chartered accountant to exercise such access or in any way obstructs the preparation of a report under subsection (2) of this section, a Court, on the application of Public Trust or the chartered accountant, may make such order as it thinks appropriate.

(6) The remuneration and expenses of Public Trust, or any chartered accountant appointed by Public Trust for the purposes of this section, shall be such as may be prescribed or (if not so prescribed) as may be determined by the Court, and shall, unless the Court otherwise orders, be borne by the property of the person for whom the manager is acting; and where the Court orders otherwise, such remuneration and expenses shall be borne by the manager personally or be apportioned between the manager and the property of the person for whom the manager is acting, as the Court thinks just.

(7) All expenses and costs for which the property of a person subject to a property order is liable under this section shall be a charge on that property, and that charge may be enforced in such manner as the Court directs.

(8) Public Trust, or a chartered accountant appointed by Public Trust for the purposes of this section, shall not be liable for any expenses or costs under this section.

Any person may, by leave of the Court or of the Registrar, inspect or make a copy of the whole or any part of any statement or report filed in a Court under section 45 or section 46 of this Act.

(1) Where a manager fails to file a statement in a Court when required to do so by section 45(2) of this Act, the Registrar of the Court shall draw the matter to the attention of a Judge, who may make an order directing the manager to remedy the default within such time as may be specified in the order.

(2) An order made under subsection (1) of this section may provide that all costs of and incidental to the application shall be borne by the manager.

(3) Nothing in this section shall limit or affect section 45(4) of this Act.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, no action shall lie against a manager in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the manager in the exercise of the powers conferred by or under this Act, unless it is shown that the manager acted in bad faith or without reasonable care.

(2) A manager shall be personally liable in respect of any contract or arrangement entered into with, or liability incurred to, any person if the manager does not, before entering into the contract or arrangement or incurring the liability, disclose to that person that the manager is acting in that capacity.

(1) All expenses properly incurred by a manager under this Part of this Act shall be charged against and payable out of the property of the person for whom the manager is acting.

(2) Except as provided by any other Act, no manager shall be entitled to remuneration for his or her services unless a Court otherwise directs, either in the property order or by a subsequent order.

(3) All such expenses, remuneration, and other charges shall be payable out of the property of the person for whom the manager is acting, although the person dies or the property otherwise ceases to be under the management of the manager before such payment is made.

A manager shall cease to hold office as manager under this Part of this Act—

• (a) If the person for whom the manager was acting dies; or

• (b) If the manager dies or is adjudged bankrupt or becomes a special patient or a committed patient under the Mental Health Act 1969 or becomes subject to a property order or becomes otherwise incapable of acting; or

• (c) Unless the Court otherwise orders in any case where there are 2 or more managers, if one of the other managers dies or is adjudged bankrupt or becomes a special patient or a committed patient under the Mental Health Act 1969 or becomes subject to a property order or becomes otherwise incapable of acting; or

• (d) If the property order is discharged by the Court under section 87 of this Act; or

• (e) Unless the Court otherwise orders, if another person is appointed as manager.

(1) Subject to section 36(2) of this Act, a person subject to a property order shall be incapable of exercising personally any of the powers vested in the manager in respect of any property to which the manager's powers extend.

(2) Every transfer, lease, mortgage, or other disposition of property, and every contract (except for necessaries), made or entered into by a person subject to a property order who, by virtue of subsection (1) of this section does not have the capacity to make or enter into it shall, unless it is made or entered into with the leave of a Court, be avoidable by that person or by the manager acting for that person.

(3) A Court may give leave to any person subject to a property order to make any such transfer, lease, mortgage, or other disposition, or to enter into any such contract, if the Court is satisfied that the transaction is for the person's benefit and that the person consents to it with adequate understanding of its nature.

(4) A manager shall not be entitled to avoid any transaction under subsection (2) of this section in any case where an application in writing has been made to the manager by any party to the transaction requiring the manager to decide whether or not to avoid the transaction, and the manager has, for a period of 28 days after the receipt of the application or such extended period as may be allowed by a Court, failed to give to that party notice whether the manager is avoiding the transaction or not.

(5) If the manager, after any such application, does not, within the period or extended period referred to in subsection (4) of this section, avoid the transaction, the manager shall be deemed to have continued it.

(6) Subject to subsection (8) of this section, if any transaction is avoided under subsection (2) of this section, a Court, on the application of any party to the transaction or of the manager, may make such orders as it thinks just for the purpose of adjusting the rights of the parties and of any other person who has received any property or money comprised in the transaction (not being a person who has received the property or money from a party in good faith and for valuable consideration or who claims through such a person).

(7) Without limiting the generality of subsection (6) of this section, on an application under that subsection, a Court may make an order for the restitution or transfer or payment by or to the person subject to a property order or the manager or any other person of any property or money, in whole or in part, or of any sum representing the value, in whole or in part, of any such property.

(8) Relief under subsections (6) and (7) of this section may be denied wholly or in part if the person from whom relief is sought received the property or money in good faith and has so altered his or her position in reliance on having received an indefeasible interest in it that, in the Court's opinion, it would be inequitable to grant relief, or to grant relief in full, as the case may be.

(9) For the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, the question whether goods or services are necessaries is a question of fact.

(1) Without limiting the generality of section 4 of this Act, a person subject to a property order shall not, by reason only of being subject to that order, be incapable of making testamentary dispositions.

(2) A Court may direct that a person subject to a property order may make a testamentary disposition only by leave of the Court; and, in such a case, a testamentary disposition made without the leave of the Court shall be ineffective for all purposes.

(3) The Court may grant leave to make a testamentary disposition under subsection (2) of this section in respect of a testamentary disposition already made or to be made.

(4) The Court may cause inquiries to be made as to the existence of any testamentary disposition made by a person subject to a property order before the making of the property order (whether such testamentary disposition was made before or after the passing of this Act), and may direct that any such testamentary disposition shall be deposited in the Court.

(5) If it appears to the Court that a testamentary disposition was made when the person was unable to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property, the Court may cause inquiries to be made, in such manner as the Court thinks fit, whether that testamentary disposition expresses the present desire and intention of the person.

(6) If the Court is satisfied that the testamentary disposition does not express the present desire and intention of the person, a Court may, in any case where such a course is possible, cause the present desire and intention of the person to be ascertained to the Court's satisfaction, and may authorise the execution by the manager under section 55 of this Act of a new testamentary disposition of that person's estate in accordance with that present desire and intention.

(1) Where the Court has given a direction under section 54(2) of this Act that a person subject to a property order may make a testamentary disposition only by leave of the Court, or the Court is satisfied that such a person lacks testamentary capacity, the Court may authorise the manager acting for that person to execute a will for and on behalf of that person in such terms as the Court directs.

(2) Before a Court authorises a manager to execute a testamentary disposition under subsection (1) of this section, it shall settle the proposed terms of the testamentary disposition provisionally, and hear such persons who wish to be heard and whom the Court is satisfied have a proper interest in the matter.

(3) A testamentary disposition executed by a manager under this section may, while the person continues to lack testamentary capacity, be varied, or revoked and substituted, by another testamentary disposition authorised by the Court and executed by the manager in the same manner as the original testamentary disposition.

(4) Any testamentary disposition executed by a manager under this section shall be—

• (a) Signed in the manager's name for and on behalf of the person for whom it is made, in the presence of 2 or more witnesses present at the same time; and

• (b) Attested and subscribed by those witnesses in the presence of the manager; and

• (c) Sealed with the seal of the Court.

(5) The following provisions apply to a testamentary disposition authorised and executed under this section:

• (a) it is valid despite—

  • (i) section 11 of the Wills Act 2007; and

  • (ii) sections 9 and 10 of the Wills Act 1837 of the United Kingdom Parliament; and

• (b) it has the same effect for all purposes as it would have had if the person subject to the property order—

  • (i) had had testamentary capacity; and

  • (ii) had executed the testamentary disposition in the manner required by the applicable section.

(6) The Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949, the Family Protection Act 1955, and all other enactments and rules of law relating to the estates of deceased persons shall apply in respect of any testamentary disposition executed under this section as if the person to whom it relates had had testamentary capacity and had executed the testamentary disposition in accordance with law.

(7) Notwithstanding paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of this section, a testamentary disposition that is signed in accordance with paragraph (a) of that subsection, and attested and subscribed in accordance with paragraph (b) of that subsection, shall be valid notwithstanding that the person to whom the testamentary disposition relates dies before it is sealed with the seal of the Court so long as the terms of the testamentary disposition accord with the directions of the Court.

(8) A testamentary disposition authorised and executed in accordance with this section shall continue to have effect, until it is revoked, notwithstanding that the person to whom it relates has ceased to be subject to a property order.

Except as provided in sections 54 and 55 of this Act, nothing in this Act shall affect the law relating to testamentary dispositions.

(1) From the date on which an application is made for a property order in respect of any person, no person shall, without the leave of a Court,—

• (a) Bring or continue any proceedings (not being proceedings under this Act or proceedings in the High Court) against the person in respect of whom the application is made; or

• (b) Issue any execution, attach any debt, or otherwise enforce or seek to enforce any judgment or order (not being a judgment or order given under this Act) against the person in respect of whom the application is made; or

• (c) Foreclose, enter into possession, sell, appoint a receiver, or take or continue any power or right under or in pursuance of any mortgage, charge, instrument, or other security over the property of the person in respect of whom the application is made; or

• (d) Determine or forfeit any tenancy, distrain for rent, re-take or re-enter any premises, or take or continue any power or right under or in pursuance of any lease, tenancy, or agreement to let or lease against the property of the person in respect of whom the application is made.

(2) This section shall also apply to a company and its property, and to any subsidiary of a company and the subsidiary's property, where the person in respect of whom the application is made is a member of the company and holds more than 50 percent of its equity share capital or issued shares, as the case may be.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) of this section,—

• (a) In the case of a company registered under the Companies Act 1955, the terms company, subsidiary, and equity share capital shall have the meanings assigned to them by sections 158 and 158A of the Companies Act 1955:

• (b) In the case of a company registered under the Companies Act 1993, the terms company and subsidiary shall have the meanings assigned to them by sections 5 and 6 of the Companies Act 1993.

(1) Where any property (including money) is derived from any sale, mortgage, charge, or other disposition of any other property belonging to a person subject to a property order pursuant to any powers conferred by or under this Act or any former corresponding Act, the person whose property is so disposed of, and anyone claiming through that person, shall have the same interest in the property so derived, so far as it has not been applied or spent or disposed of in accordance with any powers so conferred, as he or she would have had in the property disposed of if no disposition had been made, and the surplus property so derived shall be deemed to be of the same nature as the property disposed of.

(2) In any such case, the manager may, for the purpose of giving better effect to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, carry to a separate account an amount representing the property so derived, or any balance for the time being remaining.

(3) While an amount stands to the credit of that separate account, any payments from the property of the person subject to a property order shall be made out of any other property properly available for the purpose, except so far as the manager decides that the payment should be made wholly or partly from the separate account.

(4) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, this section shall apply in all cases, whether the property was so derived before or after the commencement of this Act, but shall not apply to any property so derived by the disposition of any property belonging to a mentally defective person who died before the 18th day of October 1957 (being the date of the commencement of the Mental Health Amendment Act 1957), unless the Court had, in the lifetime of that person, made an order that would have been authorised by section 60 of this Act if it had then been in force.

(5) No distribution that has been made before the commencement of this Act of property affected by any such order shall be disturbed by reason of this section or of section 59 or section 60 of this Act.

(6) This section shall not apply to income arising from any such property so derived during the lifetime of the person subject to a property order.

(1) A Court shall have power to order that the whole or any part of any money expended or to be expended for—

• (a) The improvement, security, or advantage of any property of a person subject to a property order; or

• (b) Repaying money secured by a mortgage or other charge over such property,—

shall be a charge upon the property, but so that no right of sale during the lifetime of the person shall be conferred by the charge.

(2) The charge may include interest on the money if the Court thinks fit, and the Court may give directions regarding payment of interest.

(3) The charge may take effect in favour of a person as trustee for the person subject to a property order as part of that latter person's personal estate or of a specified part thereof.

(4) At any time before the death of a person in respect of whom the Court has made an order under this section, and whether or not that person is still subject to a property order, the Court may vary or discharge the charge and give any consequential directions.

(5) Nothing in this section shall apply to any mortgage or charge in favour of any other person who advances the money, nor shall it restrict the operation of section 56 of the Public Trust Act 2001 or affect any charge created by subsection (4) of that section.

(1) A Court shall have power, in the management of the property of a person subject to a property order, to make such orders as it thinks fit for the purpose of preserving the nature, quality, tenure, and devolution of the property or of any part of it.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) of this section, a Court may direct that any money shall be carried to a separate account, and may declare the notional character that the money in that account bears, and may order such assurances and things to be executed and done as it thinks expedient.

(3) At any time before the death of the person subject to a property order, and whether or not he or she is still subject to such an order, the Court may vary or discharge the order, and give any consequential directions.

(1) Section 58 of this Act shall cease to apply to any capital money, and any charge on property created under an order of the Court made under section 59 of this Act shall be extinguished, and any order of the Court made under section 60 of this Act shall cease to have effect, if, at any time after section 58 of this Act became applicable to the capital money, or the charge came into existence, or the order was made, as the case may be (in this section referred to as a subsequent time), the person subject to a property order has been entitled for any continuous period of 12 months to manage the capital money, or the property charged, or the money or other property affected by the order, as the case may be.

(2) If the person subject to a property order has not been so entitled, section 58 of this Act shall continue to apply to any of his or her capital money to which it has become applicable, and any such charge or order shall continue to exist and have effect, except so far as the person has, at any subsequent time, while having the necessary capacity to do so,—

• (a) Made a valid testamentary disposition of, or paid or transferred to any other person beneficially, the capital money or the property charged or the money or other property affected by the order, as the case may be; or

• (b) In the case of property charged, released the charge.

(3) This section shall not limit or affect any power of the Court under section 59 or section 60 of this Act to vary or discharge any such charge or order.

(4) Subsection (2) of this section shall have effect whether or not the person continues to be subject to a property order or to be entitled to manage all or any of his or her money and other property.

(1) A Court may direct a settlement to be made of all or any of the property of a person subject to a property order on such trusts and subject to such powers and provisions as the Court may think fit; and, in particular, the Court may give such directions—

• (a) Where the property has been acquired under a settlement or will, or on intestacy, or represents property so acquired; or

• (b) Where,—

  • (i) By reason of any change in the law or of any change in circumstances since the execution by the person of a testamentary disposition; or

  • (ii) By reason of any absence of information at the time of that execution; or

  • (iii) On account of the former management of the property or the expenditure of money in improving or maintaining it; or

  • (iv) For any other special reason,—

  the Court is satisfied that the devolution or distribution of the property of the person, either under any testamentary disposition or on intestacy, would be such as might cause injustice or hardship to any person.

(2) A Court may direct the transfer by way of gift of any of the property of a person subject to a property order for the maintenance and benefit of members of the person's family or for the provision of other persons or purposes for whom or which the person might be expected to provide if he or she were able to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property.

(3) A Court may direct the manager, to execute any transfer or other instrument, and to do any other act or thing, that may be required for giving effect to the transfer or settlement, in the name and on behalf of the person, and for that purpose may make a vesting order or appoint a person to convey; and any settlement or transfer approved by the Court shall be as effectual and binding on all persons interested as if it had been made by the person while of full competence.

(4) This section applies whether or not the person has executed a testamentary disposition and notwithstanding that it is not known whether the person has executed such a disposition or not, but does not apply when the person is a minor who is not married or in a civil union.

(5) An application to a Court for an order under this section may be made by any of the following persons:

• (a) Any person who has or would have had any interest in the property of the person subject to a property order or any expectation of succession to any such property, whether that interest or expectation arises or could have arisen under a testamentary disposition that is known to exist or in the event of the intestacy of the person:

• (b) The manager:

• (c) Any other person who adduces proof of circumstances that, in the opinion of the Court, make it proper that that person should make the application.

(6) Subject to making due provision for the maintenance of the person subject to a property order in accordance with his or her means and way of life, whether out of the capital or income of the property settled or other property or partly in one way and partly in another, and to providing, by means of a power of appointment or revocation, or otherwise, for the possibility of the person recovering full competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property, the Court may, in making any order under this section, have regard to all or any of the following matters:

• (a) The manner in which the property has been settled or dealt with on former occasions:

• (b) In the case of any land or business, the welfare of the persons employed in connection with the land or business, and the expediency of settling other assets to devolve with the land or business:

• (c) The provisions of any testamentary disposition of the person subject to a property order:

• (d) The expediency of providing for—

  • (i) Payments or annuities for the wife, husband, civil union partner, de facto partner, or children of the person subject to a property order or for other persons dependent on that person, and for other annual or capital charges and the power to create them:

  • (ii) The continuation or provision of any superannuation or pension, and the application of any part of the income for charitable purposes:

  • (iii) Discretionary trusts, trusts for effecting or maintaining policies of insurance, powers of appointment, sinking funds for making good any losses (instead of or in addition to insurance), or any other purposes:

  • (iv) The extension of any statutory powers of investment, management, or otherwise:

  • (v) The manner in which any costs are to be raised and paid, whether out of the settled property or otherwise:

  • (vi) Any other matter or thing that the Court may consider material, having regard to the nature of the settlement, development, and enjoyment, and to the persons who are to take, either successively or otherwise.

(7) At any time before the death of a person in respect of whom it has made an order under this section, and whether or not he or she is still subject to a property order, the Court may, in respect of any property remaining subject to the trusts of a settlement made under this section, on being satisfied that any material fact was not disclosed to the Court when the settlement was made, or on account of any substantial change in circumstances, by order vary the settlement in such manner as it thinks fit, and give any consequential directions.

(8) Without limiting the provisions of section 111 of this Act, rules of Court may be made for all or any of the following purposes:

• (a) Giving effect to the provisions of this section:

• (b) Compelling information to be furnished respecting, and production of, testamentary dispositions, and their lodgment in Court:

• (c) Making representation orders.

(1) Where an application is made for the exercise of a Court's jurisdiction under this Act, a copy of the application shall be served on the following persons:

• (a) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the person in respect of whom the application is made:

• (b) Each parent or guardian of that person:

• (c) If that person is not living with either of his or her parents or guardians, any person with whom that person is living:

• (d) If it is proposed that a person be appointed as welfare guardian or manager, the proposed appointee:

• (e) If a welfare guardian is acting for that person, that welfare guardian:

• (f) If that person is subject to a property order, the manager of that person's property:

• (g) Any other person specified by the Court.

(2) The Court may dispense with service under subsection (1)(a) of this section where it is satisfied that—

• (a) The person in respect of whom the application is made wholly lacks the capacity to understand the nature and purpose of the proceedings; or

• (b) Exceptional circumstances exist of a nature to justify dispensing with service.

(3) Any person served with proceedings under subsection (1) of this section shall be entitled to appear and be heard as a party to the proceedings.

(1) Applications under Parts 1 and 3 of this Act may be joined, and, subject to any rules of Court, it shall not be necessary to file separate applications.

(2) A Court may hear and determine any proceedings before it under Part 1 of this Act in conjunction with any proceedings under Part 3 of this Act in any case where both proceedings are in respect of the same person, whether or not the parties to the proceedings are the same.

(3) If it appears to a Court hearing an application under Part 1 of this Act that a property order should be made, either in addition to or instead of a personal order, or if it appears to a Court hearing an application under Part 3 of this Act that a personal order should be made, either in addition to or instead of a property order, the Court may make all such orders and give all such directions as may be necessary to facilitate the hearing of an application under Part 3 or (as the case may require) Part 1 of this Act.

(1) On an application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Act, a Court shall appoint a barrister or solicitor to represent the person in respect of whom the application is made, unless the Court is satisfied that the person has retained or will retain a barrister or solicitor.

(2) So far as may be practicable, it shall be the duty of the barrister or solicitor appointed under subsection (1) of this section to—

• (a) Contact the person in respect of whom the application is made, explain to that person the nature and purpose of the application, and ascertain and give effect to that person's wishes in respect of the application; and

• (b) Evaluate the solutions for the problem for which an order is sought submitted by other parties to the proceedings, taking account of the need to find a solution that—

  • (i) Makes the least restrictive intervention possible in the life of the person in respect of whom the application is made, having regard to the degree of incapacity or incompetence of that person; and

  • (ii) Enables or encourages the person in respect of whom the application is made to develop and exercise such capacity or competence that the person may have to the greatest extent possible.

(3) Without limiting anything in the preceding provisions of this section, in respect of any application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Act, a Court may appoint a barrister or solicitor to assist the Court.

(4) A barrister or solicitor appointed under this section may call any person as a witness in the proceedings, and may cross-examine witnesses called by any party to the proceedings or by the person in respect of whom the application is made or by the Court.

(5) Fees for professional services provided by barristers or solicitors appointed under this section, and reasonable expenses incurred,—

• (a) May be determined in accordance with regulations made under this Act; and

• (b) Are payable out of public money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.

(6) The bill of costs rendered by a barrister or solicitor appointed under this section shall be given to the Registrar of the Court in which the proceedings were heard, and the Registrar may tax the bill of costs.

(7) If the barrister or solicitor is dissatisfied with the decision of the Registrar as to the amount of the bill, the barrister or solicitor may, within 14 days after the date of the decision, apply to a Family Court Judge to review the decision; and the Judge may make such order varying or confirming the decision as the Judge considers fair and reasonable.

(8) Notwithstanding subsection (5) of this section, the Court shall have regard to the means of any party to the proceedings or the person in respect of whom the application is made, and shall, if it thinks proper, order any party or the person to refund to the Crown such amount as the Court specifies in respect of any fees or expenses paid under that subsection; and the amount ordered to be refunded shall be a debt due to the Crown by that party or by that person and shall be recoverable accordingly in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(1) When an application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Act has been filed in a Court, any of the following persons may request the Registrar to convene a pre-hearing conference:

• (a) The applicant:

• (b) The person in respect of whom the application is made:

• (c) Any barrister or solicitor appointed pursuant to section 65(1) of this Act to represent that person:

• (d) Any other person upon whom a copy of the application has been served in accordance with section 63 of this Act.

(2) When an application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Act has been filed in a Court, any Family Court Judge may direct the Registrar to convene a pre-hearing conference.

(3) On receiving a request under subsection (1) or a direction under subsection (2) of this section, the Registrar shall—

• (a) Appoint a time and place for the holding of a pre-hearing conference, being as soon as reasonably practicable after the receipt of the request or direction; and

• (b) Give notice to each of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) of this section of the time and place of the pre-hearing conference, and request each of those persons to attend the conference.

The objectives of a pre-hearing conference shall be—

• (a) To identify the problem for which an order of the Court is sought; and

• (b) To reach agreement between the parties and the person in respect of whom the application is made on a solution for the problem.

(1) Every pre-hearing conference shall be presided over by a Family Court Judge.

(2) The barrister or solicitor representing the person in respect of whom the application is made shall be present at the pre-hearing conference to assist and advise that person (if that person is present) or to represent that person (if that person is not present).

(3) Subject to any direction by the presiding Judge to the contrary, any barrister or solicitor representing any other party to the application may be present at the pre-hearing conference to assist and advise that party.

(4) Subject to any direction by the presiding Judge to the contrary, every pre-hearing conference shall be held in private.

(5) The presiding Judge may from time to time adjourn a pre-hearing conference to such time and place as the Judge may determine.

(1) If the parties at a pre-hearing conference agree on the nature of the problem for which an order of the Court is sought, and on the solution for that problem, the presiding Judge shall record in writing the terms of the agreement.

(2) Where agreement is not reached on all matters, the presiding Judge shall record in writing those matters on which there is agreement and those matters on which there is no agreement.

(3) In every case, the presiding Judge shall state in the record whether or not—

• (a) The person in respect of whom the application is made was present during the pre-hearing conference; and

• (b) The person was able to understand the nature and purpose of the proceedings; and

• (c) The person agreed to any matter referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

(4) The record made by the presiding Judge under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section shall be filed in the District Court in which the relevant application is filed.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, at a pre-hearing conference the presiding Judge may, by consent of the parties, make any orders that could have been made by a Family Court exercising jurisdiction under this Act.

(2) The presiding Judge shall not make an order under subsection (1) of this section unless the Judge is satisfied that the person in respect of whom the application is made understands the nature and foresees the consequences of the order and consents to the order.

(3) An order made under this section shall for all purposes have the same effect as if it were made by consent in proceedings before a Family Court.

(1) Where a person fails to comply with a request under section 66 of this Act to attend a pre-hearing conference, a District Court Judge may, on the request of the Registrar of the Court, issue a summons requiring the person to attend a pre-hearing conference at a time and place to be specified in the summons.

(2) Subsections (1), (2), (3), and (5) of section 20 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 shall apply to a summons under this section as if it were a witness summons issued under that section.

(1) No evidence shall be admissible in any court, or before any person acting judicially, of any information, statement, or admission disclosed or made in the course of a pre-hearing conference.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall apply to a record made by a Family Court Judge under section 69 of this Act, or to any consent order made under section 70 of this Act, or to any proceedings for the review of such an order.

The Family Court Judge who presides over a pre-hearing conference shall be entitled to hear any subsequent proceedings under that application unless in all the circumstances the Judge decides, of the Judge's own motion or on application by any party,—

• (a) That it would be inappropriate for the Judge to do so; or

• (b) That there is some other sufficient reason for the application to be heard by another Judge.

(1) The person in respect of whom an application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Act is made shall be present throughout the hearing unless excused or excluded by the Court under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section.

(2) The Court may excuse the person if it is satisfied that the person wholly lacks the capacity to understand the nature and purpose of the proceedings, or that attendance or continued attendance is likely to cause that person serious mental, emotional, or physical harm.

(3) The Court may exclude the person if it is satisfied that the person is causing such a disturbance that it is not practicable to continue with the hearing in the presence of that person.

(4) The Court may exercise its discretion to excuse or exclude the person at any stage of the hearing.

(5) The person shall be present while the Court makes any order upon the application unless—

• (a) The person has been excused or excluded under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section; or

• (b) There are exceptional circumstances justifying the Court making an order in the absence of the person.

(1) Where the person in respect of whom an application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Act is made is not a party to the application, the person shall be entitled to be heard by the Court, whether in person or through a barrister or solicitor, and to call witnesses, and to cross-examine any witness called by any party to the proceedings.

(2) Without limiting anything in subsection (1) of this section, where the person is present and appears capable of addressing the Court, the Court shall give the person an opportunity to do so; and, in any such case, the Court may, if it thinks it desirable to do so, require any parent or guardian of that person, or any other person with whom that person is living, or any barrister or solicitor representing any such parent, guardian, or other person, to withdraw from the Court while the person is addressing the Court.

(3) Nothing in this section shall limit or affect the rights of the person in respect of whom the application is made where the person is a party to the proceedings.

(1) On an application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Act, a Court may, if it is satisfied that it is necessary for the proper disposition of the application, request any person whom it considers qualified to do so to prepare a medical, psychiatric, psychological, or other report on the person in respect of whom the application is made.

(2) In deciding whether or not to request a report under subsection (1) of this section, a Court may ascertain and have regard to the wishes of the parties and of the person in respect of whom the application is made.

(3) A copy of any report obtained under this section shall be given by the Registrar of the Court to—

• (a) The barrister or solicitor for each party to the proceedings and for the person in respect of whom the application is made or, if any party is not represented by a barrister or solicitor, to that party; and

• (b) Any barrister or solicitor appointed under section 65(3) of this Act.

(4) A report given to a barrister or solicitor under subsection (3) of this section shall not be given or be shown to the person for whom the barrister or solicitor is acting if the Court so orders.

(5) Fees for reports prepared pursuant to a request under subsection (1) of this section, and reasonable expenses incurred,—

• (a) May be determined in accordance with regulations made under this Act; and

• (b) Are payable by such party or parties to the proceedings as the Court orders or, if the Court so decides, are payable out of public money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.

(5A) Any amount of any fees and expenses ordered to be paid by any party under subsection (5)(b) of this section shall, if paid by the Crown, be a debt due to the Crown by that party and, in default of payment of the amount, payment thereof may be enforced, by order of a District Court or the High Court as the case may require, in the same manner as a judgment of that Court.

(6) Any party to the proceedings, or the person in respect of whom the application is made, or any barrister or solicitor appointed under section 65(3) of this Act may tender evidence on any matter referred to in any such report.

(7) The Court may call the person making the report as a witness, either of its own motion or on the application of any party or the person in respect of whom the application is made.

In any proceedings under this Act, whether by way of hearing in the first instance or by way of appeal or otherwise, a court may receive any evidence that it thinks fit, whether it is otherwise admissible in a court of law or not.

(1) Without limiting anything in section 77 of this Act, in respect of any application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Act, a Court may, of its own motion, call as a witness any person whose evidence may in its opinion be of assistance to the Court.

(2) A witness called by a Court under this section shall have the same privilege to refuse to answer any question as the witness would have if the witness had been called by a party to the proceedings.

(3) A witness called by a Court under this section may be examined and re-examined by the Court, or by any barrister or solicitor assisting the Court, and may be cross-examined by or on behalf of any party to the proceedings or the person in respect of whom the application is made.

(4) Sections 20, 38, and 39 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957, so far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, shall apply with respect to every person called as a witness by the Court under this section as if that person had been called by a party to the proceedings.

(5) The expenses of any witness called by a Court under this section shall be paid in the first instance, in accordance with the prescribed scale of witnesses' expenses, out of public money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.

(1) No person shall be present during the hearing of any proceedings under this Act except the following:

• (a) Officers of the Court:

• (b) Parties to the proceedings and their barristers and solicitors:

• (c) The person in respect of whom the application is made and the barrister or solicitor representing that person:

• (d) Any barrister or solicitor appointed pursuant to section 65(3) of this Act to assist the Court:

• (e) Witnesses:

• (f) Any other person whom the Judge permits to be present.

(2) Any witness shall leave the courtroom if asked to do so by the Judge.

(3) Nothing in this section shall limit any other power of the Court to hear proceedings in private or to exclude any person from the Court.

(1) No person shall publish any report of proceedings under this Act except with the leave of the Court that heard the proceedings.

(2) Every person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section commits an offence against this Act and is liable on summary conviction,—

• (a) In the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or to a fine not exceeding $500:

• (b) In the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $2,500.

(3) Nothing in this section shall limit—

• (a) The provisions of any other enactment relating to the prohibition or regulation of the publication of reports or particulars relating to judicial proceedings; or

• (b) The power of any court to punish any contempt of court.

(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to the publication of any report in any publication that—

• (a) Is of a bona fide professional or technical nature; and

• (b) Is intended for circulation among—

  • (i) Members of the legal or medical professions, officers of the Public Service, psychologists, or social welfare workers; or

  • (ii) Members of any group that is engaged, otherwise than for commercial gain, in the provision of services and facilities for the welfare of persons in relation to whom the Court has jurisdiction in accordance with section 6 or section 25 of this Act.

Subject to any other provision of this Act, a Court, on the hearing of any proceedings before it under this Act, may make such order as to costs as it thinks fit.

When a Court makes a personal order or a property order, it shall state in the order whether, in the event of an appeal being lodged, the order is or is not to be suspended in whole or in part pending the determination of the appeal.

(1) If, on an application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Act, the Court makes or refuses to make an order, or dismisses or otherwise finally determines the proceedings, a party to the proceedings or the person in respect of whom the application was made may appeal to the High Court against the order or other decision of the Court.

(2) If the Court makes an interlocutory or interim order, a party to the proceedings or the person in respect of whom the application was made may, with the leave of the Court, appeal to the High Court against the order.

(3) The High Court Rules and sections 74 to 78 of the District Courts Act 1947, with all necessary modifications, apply to an appeal under subsection (1) or subsection (2) as if it were an appeal under section 72 of that Act.

(4) On the ex parte application of the appellant, the Court may order that the appellant must not be required under section 74(1) of the District Courts Act 1947 to give the Registrar of the High Court security for costs.

(5) Subsection (4) overrides subsection (3).

The High Court Rules and sections 75 to 78 of the District Courts Act 1947, with all necessary modifications, apply to an appeal under section 83.

A party to an appeal under section 83 may, with the leave of the Court of Appeal, appeal to the Court of Appeal against any determination of the High Court in the appeal.

(1) Where—

• (a) An application to a Family Court for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction under this Act has been transferred to the High Court in accordance with section 14 of the Family Courts Act 1980; and

• (b) The High Court has made or refused to make an order,—

a party to the proceedings or the person in respect of whom the application was made may, within 28 days after the making of the order or decision or within such further time as the Court of Appeal may allow, appeal to the Court of Appeal against the order or decision.

(2) Every appeal under subsection (1) of this section, except an appeal upon a question of law, shall be by way of rehearing of the original proceedings as if the proceedings had been properly commenced in the Court of Appeal.

(3) [Repealed]

(1) Without limiting anything in sections 10(3), 11(4), and 12(7) of this Act, the following persons may at any time apply to a Court for a review of any personal order, whether made by consent or otherwise:

• (a) The person in respect of whom the order was made:

• (b) Any welfare guardian or manager who is acting for that person:

• (c) Any other person, with the leave of the Court.

(2) Without limiting the discretion of the Court on any application under subsection (1) of this section, but subject to subsection (3) of this section, on an application made pursuant to section 10(3) or section 11(4) or section 12(7) of this Act, the Court shall review—

• (a) The capacity of the person to understand the nature and to foresee the consequences of decisions in respect of matters relating to the personal care and welfare of the person; and

• (b) The capacity of the person to communicate decisions in respect of such matters.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) of this section, where an application for review is made to provide for a new welfare guardian to be appointed in place of the present welfare guardian, the Court shall not be obliged to review (but may review) the matters specified in that subsection.

(4) On any application for the review of a personal order, the primary objectives of the Court shall be those set out in section 8 of this Act.

(5) Subject to subsection (6) of this section, on any application for review of a personal order, a Court may—

• (a) Vary or decline to vary the order; or

• (b) Discharge or decline to discharge the order; or

• (c) Extend the order for a further period; or

• (d) Make any order, whether in addition to or instead of the order under review, that it could have made on the original application.

(6) On any application to which subsection (2) of this section applies, the Court shall not make any order that would extend the effect of the original order beyond the date on which it would otherwise expire unless the Court is satisfied, having regard to the relevant provisions of Part 1 of this Act, that the order continues to be necessary in the interests of the person in respect of whom it was made.

(7) If the Court does make an order that extends the effect of the original order beyond the date on which it would otherwise have expired, the following provisions shall apply:

• (a) In the case of an order made under section 11 of this Act, the Court shall specify a date, being not later than 3 years after the date of the new order, by which the person appointed to administer the property is to apply to the Court for a further review of the original order:

• (b) In the case of an order made under section 12 of this Act, the Court shall specify a date, being not later than 3 years after the date of the new order, by which the welfare guardian is to apply to the Court for a further review of the original order:

• (c) In any other case, the Court may specify a date by which the original order is to be further reviewed by the Court and, if it does so, the Court shall also specify the person or persons who is or are to be responsible for applying to the Court for a further review of the original order before the specified date.

(8) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of this section, the Court may specify a date, for a further review of the original order, later than 3 years but not later than 5 years after the date of the new order if it is satisfied, in the exceptional circumstances of the case, that an earlier review is not necessary in the interests of the person to whom the order relates.

(1) Where a trustee corporation—

• (a) Has filed in a Court an application made to the trustee corporation under section 32 or section 33 of this Act to act as manager of any property of a person; or

• (b) Is deemed by subsection (3) or subsection (4) of section 117 of this Act to be a manager appointed under this Act in respect of the property of any person (being property the gross value of which, as at the commencement of this Act, did not exceed $100,000),—

the trustee corporation shall, in accordance with subsection (1A) of this section, file in the Court the reports specified in subsection (1B) of this section.

(1A) The reports required by subsection (1) of this section shall,—

• (a) Where subsection (1)(a) of this section applies, be filed not earlier than 2 years nor later than 3 years after the date of the filing of the application; or

• (b) Where subsection (1)(b) of this section applies, be filed by the date specified in the programme drawn up in accordance with the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Regulations 1988.

(1B) The reports required under subsection (1) of this section comprise—

• (a) a report from each of 2 medical practitioners (at least 1 of whom must be independent of the applicant, or any relative of the applicant) as to the extent to which the person subject to the order has the competence or lacks the competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property; and

• (b) A report from the trustee corporation on the current condition of the person subject to the order, which report—

  • (i) Shall indicate whether or not there has been any change in that person's condition since the application was made; and

  • (ii) Shall contain other relevant information.

(1C) If, after consideration of the reports filed in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the Court is of the opinion—

• (a) That the order should be discharged or that the order should be extended; and

• (b) A full review by the Court in accordance with subsections (3) to (10) of this section is unnecessary,—

the Court may order that the order be discharged or that the order be extended with such variation, if any, as the Court may direct.

(1D) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (1C) of this section, where the reports are filed under subsection (1)(a) of this section, the Court may if it thinks fit, either on its own motion or on the application of a person specified in subsection (2) of this section, direct that a full review of the case be undertaken and subsections (3) to (10) of this section shall apply with any necessary modification to every such review as if the original application filed in the Court were an order made by the Court.

(1E) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (1C) of this section, where the reports are filed under subsection (1)(b) of this section, the Court may if it thinks fit, either on its own motion or on the application of a person specified in subsection (2) of this section, direct that a full review of the case be undertaken and subsections (3) to (10) of this section shall apply.

(1F) In any case other than a case in which reports have been filed under subsection (1) of this section in relation to a person subject to a property order, any person who, under a property order, is the manager of any property and who is of the opinion that the property order should be discharged may file in the Court—

• (a) a report from each of 2 medical practitioners (at least 1 of whom must be independent of the applicant or any relative of the applicant) as to the extent to which the person subject to the order has the competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property; and

• (b) A report from the manager on the current condition of the person subject to the order, which report—

  • (i) Shall set out the nature and extent of the change in that person's condition since the order was made; and

  • (ii) Shall contain other relevant information.

(1G) If, after consideration of the reports filed in accordance with subsection (1F) of this section, the Court is of the opinion—

• (a) That the order should be discharged; and

• (b) That a full review by the Court in accordance with subsections (3) to (10) of this section is unnecessary,—

the Court may order that the order be discharged.

(1H) Notwithstanding subsections (1F) and (1G) of this section, where an application is made under subsection (1F) of this section, the Court may if it thinks fit, either on its own motion or on the application of a person specified in subsection (2) of this section, direct that a full review of the case be undertaken and subsections (3) to (10) of this section shall apply.

(2) Without limiting anything in section 31(8) of this Act or in subsections (1) to (1H) of this section, the following persons may at any time apply to a Court for a review of any property order, whether made by consent or otherwise:

• (a) The person in respect of whom the order was made:

• (b) The manager or any welfare guardian who is acting for that person:

• (c) Any person described in paragraphs (b) to (h) of section 26 of this Act:

• (d) Any other person, with the leave of the Court.

(3) Without limiting the discretion of the Court on any application under subsection (2) of this section, but subject to subsection (4) of this section, on an application made pursuant to section 31(8) of this Act or where the Court directs under subsection (1D) or subsection (1E) or subsection (1H) of this section that a full review of a case be undertaken, the Court shall review the competence of the person subject to the property order to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property.

(4) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (3) of this section, where an application for review is made to provide for a new manager to be appointed in place of the present manager, the Court shall not be obliged to review (but may review) the matters specified in that subsection.

(5) On any application for the review of a property order, the primary objectives of the Court shall be those set out in section 28 of this Act.

(6) Subject to subsection (7) of this section, on any application for review of a property order, a Court may—

• (a) Vary or decline to vary the order; or

• (b) Discharge or decline to discharge the order; or

• (c) Extend the order; or

• (d) Make any order, whether in addition to or instead of the order under review.

(7) On any application to which subsection (3) of this section applies, the Court shall not make any order that would extend the original order beyond the date on which it would otherwise expire unless the Court is satisfied, having regard to the relevant provisions of Part 3 of this Act, that the order continues to be necessary in the interests of the person in respect of whom it was made.

(8) If the Court does make an order that extends the effect of the original order beyond the date on which it would otherwise have expired, the Court shall specify a date, being not later than 3 years after the date of the new order, by which the manager is to apply to the Court for a further review of the original order.

(9) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (8) of this section, the Court may specify a date, for a further review of the original order, later than 3 years but not later than 5 years after the date of the new order if it is satisfied, in the exceptional circumstances of the case, that an earlier review is not necessary in the interests of the person to whom the order relates.

(10) No order to which subsection (8) or subsection (9) of this section applies shall automatically expire by reason only of the fact that the date specified for the first review or any further review has been reached.

On any application for the review of any personal order or property order, the provisions of sections 63 to 65 and 74 to 81 of this Act, so far as they are applicable and with any necessary modifications, shall apply.

(1) A person for whom a welfare guardian or a manager is acting, and any other person with the leave of the Court, may at any time apply to a Court to review any decision made by the welfare guardian or manager, and the Court may, if it thinks it reasonable to do so in all the circumstances, review the decision and make such order as it thinks fit.

(2) An order made under subsection (1) of this section shall have effect according to its tenor.

In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, apply the provisions of this section, subject to any exceptions and modifications specified in the order, to any country specified in the order.

(2) If an authorised officer of any country in respect of which an Order in Council under subsection (1) of this section is for the time being in force—

• (a) Certifies in writing under his or her hand and seal to Public Trust that—

  • (i) Any person in that country (whatever that person's domicile may be) is, by the law of that country, an incapacitated person; and

  • (ii) That the person is possessed of or entitled to or interested in any property in New Zealand; and

• (b) Such authorised officer, by instrument in writing under his or her hand and seal, authorises Public Trust to collect, manage, sell, or otherwise dispose of and administer that property or to make inquiry respecting it,—

Public Trust shall, subject to any exceptions and modifications specified in the Order in Council, have and may exercise over and in respect of the property all the powers, authorities, and discretions conferred on Public Trust by or under this or any other Act or by law, to the like extent and in the same manner as if the incapacitated person were a person subject to a property order and Public Trust had been appointed as the manager of that person's property with full rights and powers in respect of that property.

(3) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, the powers, duties, and functions of Public Trust shall cease when Public Trust receives from an authorised officer in that country a certificate that the person to whom the certificate mentioned in subsection (2) of this section related has died or is no longer an incapacitated person in that country.

(4) Public Trust may pay over or deliver to an authorised officer in that country the balance of money or property received by Public Trust, after payment of all costs, charges, and expenses incurred in and about the exercise of those powers and after satisfying or providing for the debts and claims of all persons resident in New Zealand of whose debts or claims Public Trust has had notice, without seeing to its application and without incurring any liability in regard to any such payment or delivery; and shall duly account for it to such officer.

If it appears to the manager of a person subject to a property order in New Zealand that the person is possessed of or entitled to or interested in property in any country in respect of which an Order in Council under section 91(1) of this Act is for the time being in force, the manager may deliver to an authorised officer in that country a certificate to the effect that the person is subject to a property order, and may by instrument in writing under his or her hand (or seal, if a trustee corporation) authorise that officer to collect, manage, sell, or otherwise dispose of and manage such property, or to make inquiry respecting it.

(1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, apply the provisions of this section, subject to any exceptions and modifications specified in the order, to any country specified in the order.

(2) When any Order in Council under subsection (1) of this section is for the time being in force in respect of any country, a copy of any order or declaration made by a court of competent jurisdiction under the law of that country in the exercise of its jurisdiction in respect of incapacitated persons or their estates may be deposited with a Registrar of a Court in New Zealand and shall thereupon, subject to the payment of any prescribed fees, be sealed with the seal of that Court.

(3) On the sealing of the order or declaration under subsection (2) of this section, it shall, subject to subsection (4) of this section and to any exceptions or modifications specified in the Order in Council, have the like force and effect and have the same operation, and every master, curator, administrator, guardian, committee, manager, or receiver acting under it shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities in New Zealand, as if it had been originally made by the Court in New Zealand.

(4) No such master, curator, administrator, guardian, committee, manager, or receiver appointed under any such order shall have or exercise any power or authority under it in New Zealand after it has been so sealed until his or her appointment has been confirmed by a Court in New Zealand, which confirmation may be granted on such terms as the Court thinks fit or may be refused.

(5) This section shall apply to such orders and declarations, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act.

(1) For the purposes of this Part of this Act, the donor of an enduring power of attorney is mentally incapable,—

• (a) In relation to property, if the donor is not wholly competent to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property; or

• (b) In relation to personal care and welfare, if the donor—

  • (i) Lacks, wholly or partly, the capacity to understand the nature, and to foresee the consequences, of decisions in respect of matters relating to his or her personal care and welfare; or

  • (ii) Has the capacity to understand the nature, and to foresee the consequences, of decisions in respect of matters relating to his or her personal care and welfare, but wholly lacks the capacity to communicate decisions in respect of such matters.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall affect any rule of law relating to capacity to give or to revoke a power of attorney.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a power of attorney is an enduring power of attorney if the instrument that creates the power—

• (a) Is in a form set out in Schedule 3 to this Act; and

• (b) Is signed by the donor, or by some other person in the presence of the donor and by the direction of the donor, whose signature is attested by a witness to the signing, not being the attorney; and

• (c) Is signed by the attorney (or, if more than one, each attorney) whose signature is attested by a witness to the signing, not being the donor.

(2) A power of attorney purporting to be an enduring power of attorney shall have effect notwithstanding that it is in a form different from a form set out in Schedule 3 to this Act, if, but only if, the differences are immaterial.

(3) A power of attorney shall not have effect as an enduring power of attorney unless the attorney, when signing the instrument creating it, is—

• (a) An individual who is not less than 20 years of age, is not bankrupt, and is not subject to a personal order or a property order; or

• (b) A trustee corporation.

(4) A power of attorney delegating trustee powers, authorities, and discretions under section 31 of the Trustee Act 1956 shall not have effect as an enduring power of attorney.

(5) A power of attorney that gives the attorney the right to appoint a substitute or a successor shall not have effect as an enduring power of attorney; but an enduring power of attorney may provide for successive attorneys, the appointment of one being conditional upon the cessation of the appointment of another.

(6) A power of attorney executed before the commencement of this Act shall not have effect as an enduring power of attorney.

An enduring power of attorney shall not be revoked by the donor's subsequent mental incapacity, but shall continue to have effect according to its tenor.

(1) A donor of an enduring power of attorney may authorise the attorney to act generally in relation to the whole or a specified part of the donor's affairs in relation to his or her property, or to act in relation to specified things on the donor's behalf, and in either case such authorisation may be given subject to conditions and restrictions.

(2) Where a donor of an enduring power of attorney authorises the attorney to act generally in relation to the whole or a specified part of the donor's affairs in relation to the donor's property, the attorney shall have authority to do anything on behalf of the donor that the donor can lawfully do by an attorney, but subject to sections 100 and 107 of this Act and to any conditions or restrictions contained in the enduring power of attorney.

(3) Where a donor of an enduring power of attorney has become mentally incapable, the attorney shall be authorised to make an application under section 122 of the Land Transfer Act 1952 to have a transmission registered where the attorney believes that the donor is entitled to any estate or interest in land by virtue of that transmission, and a District Land Registrar is authorised to accept such an application notwithstanding the fact that the attorney is not the person claiming to be entitled to the estate or interest in land.

(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) of this section, a donor of an enduring power of attorney may authorise the attorney to act in relation to the donor's personal care and welfare, either generally or in relation to specific matters, and in either case such authorisation may be given subject to conditions and restrictions.

(2) Notwithstanding section 95(3) of this Act, an enduring power of attorney may not appoint a trustee corporation to be an attorney, nor may it appoint more than one individual to be attorneys, to act in relation to the donor's personal care and welfare.

(3) The attorney shall not act in relation to the donor's personal care and welfare unless the donor is mentally incapable.

(4) The attorney shall not act in respect of any matter relating to the donor's personal care and welfare where, if the attorney were the welfare guardian of the donor, the attorney would be denied the power to act by section 18 of this Act.

(5) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) of this section, any action taken by the attorney in relation to the donor's personal care and welfare shall have the same effect as it would have had if it had been taken by the donor and the donor had had full capacity to take it.

(1) Nothing in section 95 or section 97(1) or section 98(1) of this Act shall prevent a donor from—

• (a) Authorising the attorney, whether in the same or in a separate document, to act both—

  • (i) In relation to the whole or a specified part of the donor's affairs in relation to his or her property, or to act in relation to specified things on the donor's behalf; and

  • (ii) In relation to the donor's personal care and welfare, either generally or in relation to specific matters; or

• (b) Giving an enduring power of attorney to any person or persons for the purposes described in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of this subsection, and, whether in the same or in a separate document, to another person for the purposes described in subparagraph (ii) of that paragraph.

(2) In any case to which subsection (1)(b) of this section applies, in the event of any conflict arising between the exercise of the powers of the attorney appointed for the purposes described in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section and the exercise of the powers of the attorney appointed for the purposes of subparagraph (ii) of that paragraph, the latter shall prevail unless a Court, on the application of either attorney, otherwise directs in any particular case.

Where an enduring power of attorney is given by a person who is or who subsequently becomes subject to a personal order or a property order, the order shall be binding on the attorney; and, in the event of any conflict arising between the powers and duties of the attorney and the terms of the order, the order shall prevail.

(1) The attorney under an enduring power of attorney may apply to a Court for directions relating to the exercise of the attorney's powers.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall limit or affect the jurisdiction of any other court.

(1) A Court shall have jurisdiction to determine—

• (a) Whether or not any instrument is an enduring power of attorney; or

• (b) Whether or not the donor of an enduring power of attorney is mentally incapable.

(2) A Court shall have jurisdiction to do all or any of the following things in respect of an enduring power of attorney where the donor has become mentally incapable:

• (a) Determine any question as to the meaning or effect of the instrument by which the power is given:

• (b) Determine whether or not any such instrument has ceased to have effect:

• (c) Give directions with respect to—

  • (i) The management or disposal by the attorney of the property and affairs of the donor; or

  • (ii) The rendering of accounts by the attorney and the production of the records kept by the attorney for the purpose; or

  • (iii) The remuneration or expenses of the attorney, whether or not in default of or in accordance with any provision made by the instrument, including directions for the repayment of excessive, or the payment of additional, remuneration; or

  • (iv) Any matter relating to the personal care and welfare of the donor:

  • (v) Any other matter on which the directions of the Court are sought under section 99(2) or section 101 of this Act:

• (d) Modify the scope of the enduring power of attorney by including or excluding—

  • (i) Part of the donor's affairs in relation to his or her property, or any powers relating to any such affairs; or

  • (ii) Any specific matters in relation to the donor's personal care and welfare, or any powers relating to any such matters, not being a matter referred to in section 98(4) of this Act:

• (e) Require the attorney to furnish information or produce documents or things in his or her possession as attorney:

• (f) Give any consent or authorisation to act that the attorney would have to obtain from the donor if the donor were mentally capable:

• (g) Authorise the attorney to act, otherwise than in accordance with section 107 of this Act, to the benefit of the attorney or persons other than the donor, but subject to any conditions or restrictions contained in the instrument:

• (h) Determine whether the donor of the power was induced by undue influence or fraud to create the power:

• (i) Determine whether, having regard to all the circumstances and, in particular, the attorney's relationship with the donor, the attorney is suitable to be the donor's attorney.

(3) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall limit or affect the jurisdiction of any other court.

(1) The donor of an enduring power of attorney, and any other person with leave of the Court, may at any time apply to a Court to review any decision made by the attorney while the donor is or was mentally incapable, and the Court may, if it thinks it reasonable to do so in all the circumstances, review the decision and make such order as it thinks fit.

(2) An order made under subsection (1) of this section shall have effect according to its tenor.

(1) An attorney under an enduring power of attorney may not disclaim that power otherwise than by notice given as follows:

• (a) Where the donor is not mentally incapable, by written notice to the donor:

• (b) Where the donor is mentally incapable, by filing a notice in a Court.

(2) If, in any case to which subsection (1)(b) of this section applies, the attorney considers that it may be desirable in the interests of the donor that a welfare guardian be appointed under Part 1 of this Act in respect of the donor's personal care and welfare, or that a manager be appointed under Part 3 of this Act in respect of any property owned by the donor, the attorney may attach a report to that effect to the notice filed in the Court.

(3) On receiving a report under subsection (2) of this section, the Registrar shall refer the matter to a Judge who may give to the Registrar all such directions as the Judge considers appropriate to have the matter drawn to the attention of such person or persons described in section 7 or section 26 of this Act as the Judge thinks fit.

(1) Where a Court is satisfied that an attorney appointed under an enduring power of attorney has not acted, is not acting, or proposes not to act in the best interests of the donor of that power, the Court may revoke the appointment of the attorney.

(2) Where a Court under paragraph (h) or paragraph (i) of section 102(2) of this Act determines that the donor of an enduring power of attorney was induced by undue influence or fraud to create the power or that the attorney is not suitable to be the donor's attorney, the Court shall revoke the appointment of the attorney.

(1) An enduring power of attorney shall cease to have effect when—

• (a) The donor revokes the power while mentally capable of doing so; or

• (b) The donor dies; or

• (c) The attorney gives notice of disclaimer in accordance with section 104 of this Act; or

• (d) The attorney dies, or is adjudged bankrupt, or becomes a special or committed patient under the Mental Health Act 1969, or becomes subject to a personal order or a property order, or otherwise becomes incapable of acting; or

• (e) In the case of an enduring power of attorney that appoints more than one attorney with joint but not several authority, one of the attorneys dies, or is adjudged bankrupt, or becomes a special or committed patient under the Mental Health Act 1969, or becomes subject to a personal order or a property order, or otherwise becomes incapable of acting; or

• (f) A Court revokes the appointment of the attorney pursuant to section 105 of this Act.

(2) In any case where the enduring power of attorney provides for successive attorneys, the appointment of one being conditional upon the cessation of the appointment of another, the provisions of paragraphs (c) to (f) of subsection (1) of this section shall apply only in respect of the last such attorney.

(1) Subject to the terms of, and any conditions or restrictions in, an enduring power of attorney, at any time while the donor is mentally incapable the attorney may act to the benefit of the attorney or persons other than the donor if, but only if, and only to the extent that, the donor might be expected to provide for the needs of the attorney or those other persons.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) of this section, but subject to the terms of, and any conditions or restrictions in, the enduring power of attorney, the attorney may dispose of the property of the donor by way of gift if, but only if, the gift is—

• (a) Of a seasonal nature or at a time or an anniversary of a birth or marriage or civil union to a person (including the attorney) who is a relative of the donor; or

• (b) To a charity to which the donor made or might be expected to make gifts,—

and the value of the gift is not unreasonable having regard to all the circumstances and, in particular, the size of the donor's estate.

For the purpose of proceedings under this Part of this Act, the provisions of Part 6 (except section 64), and sections 83 to 85 of this Act, so far as they are applicable and with any necessary modifications, shall apply as if the donor were a person in respect of whom an application for a personal order or a property order was being sought or in respect of whom such an order had been made, subject to the following provisions:

• (a) Where the application for the exercise of the Court's jurisdiction is made by any person other than the attorney, a copy of the application shall be served on the attorney (as well as the persons listed in section 63(1) of this Act):

• (b) Where a donor has given 2 or more enduring powers of attorney and it is intended to apply to the Court under this Part of this Act in respect of any 2 or more of those powers, the applications may be joined, and, subject to any rules of Court, it shall not be necessary to file separate applications:

• (c) A Court may hear and determine any proceedings before it under this Part of this Act in conjunction with any other proceedings under this or any other Part of this Act in any case where both proceedings are in respect of the same person, whether or not the parties to the proceedings are the same.

In this Part,—

(1) This section applies where money or damages are claimed by or on behalf of a specified person, whether alone or in conjunction with another person.

(2) If the claim is not the subject of proceedings before a court, an agreement for the comprise or settlement of the claim entered into by the specified person, or on his or her behalf by a person who, in the opinion of a court, is a fit and proper person to do so, is binding on the specified person if the agreement, or a release of the claim, is in writing and is approved by the court under section 108C.

(3) If the claim has not been compromised or settled in accordance with subsection (2), and has become the subject of proceedings before a court, a settlement, compromise, or payment, or acceptance of money paid into court, whenever entered into or made, is valid so far as it relates to the specified person's claim only with the approval of the court under section 108C.

(1) An application for the approval of a court under this section may be made by or on behalf of a specified person, or by any other party to the agreement or proceedings.

(2) On an application for its approval under this section, the court, in its discretion, may—

• (a) refuse the application; or

• (b) grant its approval unconditionally; or

• (c) grant its approval subject to any conditions and directions that it thinks fit, including conditions and directions as to—

  • (i) the terms of the agreement, compromise, or settlement; or

  • (ii) the amount, payment, security, application, or protection of the money paid, or to be paid; or

  • (iii) any other relevant matter.

(1) Without limiting section 108C, this section applies where the court directs that all or part of any money or damages awarded to a specified person, or of money to which the person is entitled under an agreement, compromise, or settlement approved under section 108C, must be held on trust for the person under this section by a trustee corporation or any other person

(2) The amount must be invested and held by the trustee upon trust—

• (a) to make payments to any person out of the income and capital of the amount as directed by the court; and

• (b) to apply the income and capital of the amount, or so much of the income and capital as the trustee from time to time thinks fit, for or towards the maintenance or education (including past maintenance or education) or the advancement or benefit of the specified person

(3) The specified person has no power, either alone or in conjunction with any other person or persons, to terminate the trusts upon which the amount is held or to modify or extinguish those trusts.

(4) The interest of the specified person in the income and capital of the amount must not, while it remains in the hands of the trustee, be alienated or pass by bankruptcy, or be liable to be seized, sold, attached, or taken in execution by process of law.

(5) This section applies subject to—

• (a) any direction of the court that an immediate payment be made from the money or damages; and

• (b) any other direction or condition given or imposed by the court.

(1) Without limiting section 108C(2), where there is a manager of the estate of the specified person under this Act, the court may direct that all or part of any money or damages awarded to that person, or of any money to which the person is entitled under an agreement, compromise, or settlement approved under section 108C, must be held by the manager as if it were part of the specified person's estate.

(2) A manager who holds money or damages under a direction given under subsection (1) does so with and subject to the powers and discretion conferred upon a manager by this Act.

(1) Where a specified person attains the capacity to manage his or her own affairs while any amount is held on trust for his or her benefit under section 108D, the balance of that amount and of the income from that amount remaining in the hands of the trustee must be paid to the specified person.

(2) At any time before the payment is made, the court may order that the whole or any part of the amount must continue to be held on trust under section 108D.

(3) Where the trustee has made an application or received notice that an application has been made to the court for an order that the amount must continue to be held on trust, the trustee must not make any payment under this section until the application has been disposed of.

Nothing in this Part limits or affects the Deaths by Accidents Compensation Act 1952.

(1) A property order may be registered under the Deeds Registration Act 1908 as an instrument affecting the title to any land in which the person subject to the order has any estate or interest, whether legal or equitable.

(2) A property order shall be deemed to be an instrument purporting to affect land under the Land Transfer Act 1952, and a memorial of the instrument may accordingly be entered upon the register of any land in respect of which the person subject to the order is the registered proprietor of any estate or interest under this Act.

(3) A trustee corporation that becomes the manager of a person's property under section 32 or section 33 of this Act may register a notice in the prescribed form under the Deeds Registration Act 1908 or the Land Transfer Act 1952 as if it were a property order.

Where it appears to the Registrar of a Court that the payment of any fees prescribed as payable in respect of any proceedings under this Act, or of those fees in full, would cause undue hardship to the person liable for their payment, the Registrar may remit the whole or such part of the fees as the Registrar thinks fit, and may, without further appropriation than this section, refund all such fees that have already been paid or any part of such fees.

Rules may be made regulating the practice and procedure of Courts in proceedings under this Act,—

• (a) in the case of the High Court, under section 51C of the Judicature Act 1908:

• (b) in the case of District Courts, under section 122 of the District Courts Act 1947:

• (c) in the case of Family Courts, under section 16A of the Family Courts Act 1980.

(1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply to rules made under section 111 that are in force immediately before the commencement of this section, unless those rules are revoked on or after the commencement of this section.

(2) Rules to which this subsection applies that regulate the practice or procedure of the High Court continue to regulate the practice and procedure of the High Court until any rules referred to in section 111(a) come into force.

(3) Rules to which this subsection applies that regulate the practice or procedure of the District Courts continue to regulate the practice and procedure of the District Courts until any rules referred to in section 111(b) come into force.

The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations—

• (a) Making provision for the determination of the amount of fees and expenses, including minimum and maximum amounts, payable in respect of professional services provided by barristers and solicitors appointed under section 65 of this Act, which fees and expenses may differ according to the complexity of the proceedings and the time spent, and according to whether or not professional services are to be provided in a specified number of proceedings during a specified period:

• (b) Making provision for the determination of the amount of fees and expenses, including minimum and maximum amounts, payable in respect of the preparation of reports requested pursuant to section 76 of this Act, which fees and expenses may differ according to the type of report and the time spent, and according to whether or not professional services are to be available in a specified number of proceedings during a specified period:

• (ba) prescribing forms for enduring powers of attorney for the purposes of Part 9:

• (bb) prescribing forms for certificates for the purposes of the witnessing requirements in section 94A(7):

• (bc) prescribing forms for certificates for the purposes of any medical examination or assessment under Part 9:

• (bd) prescribing forms that may be used for the suspension and revocation of enduring powers of attorney for the purposes of Part 9:

• (be) prescribing the form for the certificate of non-revocation and non-suspension of the enduring power of attorney for the purposes of section 103C(6):

• (c) Providing for such other matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for its due administration.

Unless the context otherwise requires, in any other enactment, or in any regulation, rule, order, agreement, deed, instrument, application, or other document in force at the commencement of this Act every reference to the Aged and Infirm Persons Protection Act 1912 or Part 7 of the Mental Health Act 1969 shall hereafter be read as a reference to this Act.

Nothing in this Act shall limit the general jurisdiction of the High Court under section 17 of the Judicature Act 1908 or otherwise.

The enactments specified in Schedule 4 to this Act are hereby repealed.

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4) of this section, but notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, all proceedings commenced under the Aged and Infirm Persons Protection Act 1912 or Part 7 of the Mental Health Act 1969 and pending at the commencement of this Act shall be heard and determined as if this Act had not been passed.

(2) If an interim protection order has been made under section 29A of the Aged and Infirm Persons Protection Act 1912 but, as at the commencement of this Act, no application has been made under section 4 or section 5 of that Act, then subsections (7) and (8) of section 29A of that Act shall apply as if the references to a protection order under section 4 or section 5 of that Act were references to a property order.

(3) On the commencement of this Act, every protected person under the Aged and Infirm Persons Protection Act 1912 and every protected patient under Part 7 of the Mental Health Act 1969 and every manager appointed in respect of a protected person or a protected patient shall be deemed to be a person subject to a property order or a manager appointed under this Act, as the case may require.

(4) Where, in proceedings to which subsection (1) of this section applies, a person becomes a protected person under the Aged and Infirm Persons Protection Act 1912 or a protected patient under Part 7 of the Mental Health Act 1969, on becoming so that person shall be deemed to be a person subject to a property order, and a manager appointed in respect of that person shall be deemed to be a manager appointed under this Act.

(4A) Every person who is deemed by subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section to be a manager appointed under this Act shall, subject to any order of the Court made on an application filed under this Act, have all the powers set out in Schedule 1 to this Act.

(5) Within 3 years after the commencement of this Act, every person, other than a trustee corporation, who is deemed by subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section to be a manager appointed under this Act shall apply to a Court in accordance with section 87 of this Act for a review of the original order by which that person was appointed.

(6) Within 1 year after the commencement of this Act, every trustee corporation who is deemed by subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section to be a manager appointed under this Act shall notify a Court of each case, and the Court and the trustee corporation shall draw up a programme in accordance with regulations made under this Act for the progressive review of all such cases.

(7) The repeal by section 116 of this Act of the Aged and Infirm Persons Protection Act 1912 shall not affect any of the provisions of section 18 of that Act, and those provisions shall continue to apply, in respect of any period that has not expired at the commencement of this Act.

(8) The repeal by section 116 of this Act of Part 7 of the Mental Health Act 1969 shall not affect any of the provisions of section 90 of that Act, and those provisions shall continue to apply, in respect of any period that has not expired at the commencement of this Act.

(9) Nothing in section 45(2)(a) of this Act shall apply to any person who is deemed by subsection (3) of this section to be a manager appointed under this Act.

(10) For the purposes of section 45(2)(b) of this Act,—

• (a) A person who was the manager of the estate of a protected person under the Aged and Infirm Persons Protection Act 1912 and who is deemed by subsection (3) of this section to be a manager appointed under this Act shall be deemed to have been so appointed on the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (7) of this section; and

• (b) A person who was the manager of the estate of a protected patient under Part 7 of the Mental Health Act 1969 and who is deemed by subsection (3) of this section to be a manager appointed under this Act shall be deemed to have been so appointed on the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (8) of this section.