Powers of Attorney Act 1998 No. 22
Table of Reprints
List of Legislation
Powers of Attorney Act 1998 No. 22
date of assent 14 May 1998
ss 1–2, 3 chs 7–8, schs 1–3 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 June 1998 (1998 SL No. 123)
Note—The COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 and the Justice Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response-Documents and Oaths) Regulation 2020 modified this legislation from 15 May 2020 until 29 April 2022. These modifications did not amend the text of this law. Accordingly, while point-in-time versions of this legislation in force between 15 May 2020 until 29 April 2022 do not contain textual amendments, the versions are affected by and must be read with the modifications that were in force at the relevant time.
Amending legislation
Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 No. 8 ss 1–2, 263 sch 3
date of assent 20 April 2000
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
sch 3 amdts 10, 13 (to the extent it omits s 68) commenced 21 April 2002 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2) (2001 SL No. 34 s 2))
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2000 (2000 SL No. 125)
Mental Health Act 2000 No. 16 ss 1–2, 590 sch 1 pt 2
date of assent 08 June 2000
ss 1–2, 590 commenced on date of assent (see s 2 (1))
remaining provisions commenced 28 February 2002 (2002 SL No. 27)
Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001 No. 45 ss 1–2, 29 sch 3
date of assent 28 June 2001
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
sch 3 commenced 15 July 2001 (see s 2 (2) of Act 2001 No. 45 (Qld) and Corporations Act 2001 No. 50 (Cwlth) and proc pubd Cwlth of Australia gaz 13 July 2001, No. S285)
remaining provision commenced immediately before 15 July 2001 (see s 2 (1) of Act 2001 No. 45 (Qld) and Corporations Act 2001 No. 50 (Cwlth) and proc pubd Cwlth of Australia gaz 13 July 2001, No. S285)
Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2001 No. 95 ss 1, 2(2), pt 3
date of assent 10 December 2001
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 15 February 2002 (2002 SL No. 15)
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 No. 34 s 1, pt 12
date of assent 16 August 2002
commenced on date of assent
Discrimination Law Amendment Act 2002 No. 74 ss 1–2, 90 sch
date of assent 13 December 2002
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
s 90 commenced 31 March 2003 (2003 SL No. 51)
remaining provisions commenced 1 April 2003 (2003 SL No. 51)
Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2003 No. 87 pts 1, 5
date of assent 18 November 2003
commenced on date of assent
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No. 43 pts 1, 20, s 3 sch
date of assent 18 November 2004
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
s 3 sch commenced 3 December 2004 (2004 SL No. 263)
remaining provisions commenced 11 April 2005 (2005 SL No. 26)
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 No. 70 s 1, pt 17A, s 166 sch
date of assent 08 December 2005
commenced on date of assent
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 No. 36
date of assent 29 August 2007
commenced on date of assent
Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008 No. 54 pts 1, 3
date of assent 23 October 2008
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 January 2009 (2008 SL No. 402)
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Act 2009 No. 24 ss 1–2, ch 9 pt 26
date of assent 26 June 2009
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 December 2009 (2009 SL No. 252)
Surrogacy Act 2010 No. 2 ss 1–2, ch 6 pt 9
date of assent 16 February 2010
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 June 2010 (2010 SL No. 86)
Forensic Disability Act 2011 No. 13 ch 1 pt 1, ch 14 pt 13
date of assent 19 May 2011
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2011 (2011 SL No. 121)
Civil Proceedings Act 2011 No. 45 ss 1–2, 217 sch 1A
date of assent 06 December 2011
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 September 2012 (2012 SL No. 146)
Civil Partnerships Act 2011 No. 46 ss 1–2, pt 6 div 15
date of assent 06 December 2011
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 23 February 2012 (2012 SL No. 15)
Civil Partnerships and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012 No. 12 ss 1, 59 sch
date of assent 27 June 2012
commenced on date of assent
Guardianship and Administration and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012 No. 37 ss 1, 51 sch
date of assent 22 November 2012
commenced on date of assent
Public Guardian Act 2014 No. 26 ss 1–2(1), ch 8 pt 14
date of assent 28 May 2014
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2014 (see s 2 (1))
Relationships (Civil Partnerships) and Other Acts Amendment Act 2015 No. 33
date of assent 17 December 2015
ss 1–2 comm on date of assent
s 52 sch 1 comm 22 March 2016 (2016 SL No. 14)
Mental Health Act 2016 No. 5
date of assent 04 March 2016
Disability Services and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No. 9
date of assent 24 March 2016
ss 1–2 comm on date of assent
pts 1, 5 comm 1 April 2016 (see s 2)
Guardianship and Administration and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No. 9
date of assent 11 April 2019
pts 3, 5–6, 8, sch 1 comm 30 November 2020 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2) further postponed to 30 November 2020 (2020 SL No. 141)) (proposed commencement 1 August 2020 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2) (2020 SL No. 30)))
Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 No. 33
date of assent 14 September 2020
pt 13 div 12 comm 1 July 2021 (2021 SL No. 25 item 2)
Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 No. 17
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 No. 23
date of assent 24 November 2021
pt 7, s 58 sch 1 comm 30 April 2022 (2022 SL No. 21)
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 No. 17
date of assent 23 June 2023
pt 12 div 9 comm 24 June 2024 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2))
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 23
date of assent 20 September 2023
s 247 sch 1 s 32 comm 1 February 2024 (2024 SL No. 1)
Property Law Act 2023 No. 27
date of assent 02 November 2023
s 289 sch 3 comm 1 August 2025 (2024 SL No. 209) (proposed commencement 3 November 2025 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2) (2024 SL No. 149))
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 7
date of assent 18 March 2024
s 26 sch 1 comm 1 September 2024 (2024 SL No. 141)
History notes
s 5 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 6A ins 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
amd 2001 No. 95s 23; 2014 No. 26s 264; 2016 No. 5 s 915
s 6B ins 2014 No. 26s 265
ch 1A hdg ins 2019 No. 9 s 56
s 6C ins 2019 No. 9 s 56
s 6D ins 2019 No. 9 s 56
s 23 amd 2004 No. 43s 3 sch
s 24 amd 2004 No. 43s 3 sch
s 29 amd 2004 No. 43s 91; 2014 No. 26s 266; 2019 No. 9 s 57
s 31 amd 2019 No. 9 s 58
s 32 amd 2019 No. 9 s 59
s 33 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 34 amd 2019 No. 9 s 60
s 35 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3; 2001 No. 95s 24; 2019 No. 9 s 61
s 36 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3; 2001 No. 95s 25
s 37A ins 2011 No. 13s 259
s 38 amd 2000 No. 16s 590sch 1pt 2; 2016 No. 5 s 916
s 41 amd 2019 No. 9 s 62
s 42 sub 2019 No. 9 s 63
s 43 amd 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3; 2019 No. 9 s 64
s 45 amd 2019 No. 9 s 65
s 50 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 52 amd 2002 No. 74s 90 sch
s 52A ins 2011 No. 46s 69
amd 2012 No. 12s 59 schpts 2–3; 2015 No. 33 s 52(2)–(3) sch pts 2–3
s 53A ins 2011 No. 46s 70
amd 2012 No. 12s 59 schpts 1–3; 2015 No. 33 s 52 sch pts 1–3
s 57 amd 2005 No. 70s 166 sch
s 59AA ins 2004 No. 43s 92
s 59A ins 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
amd 2002 No. 34s 40
s 61A ins 2019 No. 9 s 66
s 61B ins 2019 No. 9 s 66
s 61C ins 2019 No. 9 s 66
s 61D ins 2019 No. 9 s 66
s 62 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 63 amd 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3; 2014 No. 26 s 267; 2019 No. 9 s 67
s 64 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 68 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 70 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 73 amd 2019 No. 9 s 68
s 74 amd 2005 No. 70s 126B
sub 2008 No. 54s 24
amd 2012 No. 37s 51 sch; 2014 No. 26s 268
s 74A ins 2008 No. 54s 24
s 76 om 2019 No. 9 s 69
s 79 sub 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
amd 2019 No. 9 s 98 sch 1
s 80 sub 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 84 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 85 amd 2002 No. 34s 41; 2014 No. 26s 269
s 86 amd 2003 No. 87s 55
s 88 sub 2019 No. 9 s 70
ch 5 pt 4 hdg om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 90 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 91 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 92 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 93 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 94 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 95 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 96 sub 2019 No. 9 s 71
s 100 sub 2019 No. 9 s 72
s 102 amd 2019 No. 9 s 73
s 103 amd 2001 No. 95s 26
s 104 prev s 104 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
pres s 104 ins 2003 No. 87s 56
s 106 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3; 2019 No. 9 s 74
s 107 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 109 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 109A ins 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3; 2009 No. 24s 1569
s 110 amd 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3; 2014 No. 26s 270
s 111A ins 2019 No. 9 s 75
s 118 amd 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3; 2019 No. 9 s 76
s 119 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 121 amd 2014 No. 26s 271
s 122 amd 2019 No. 9 s 77
s 123 amd 2003 No. 87s 57
ch 7 hdg om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
ch 7 pt 1 hdg om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 126 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 127 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 128 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 129 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 130 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 131 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 132 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 133 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
ch 7 pt 2 hdg om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 134 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 135 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 136 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 137 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 138 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 139 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 140 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 141 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 142 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
ch 7 pt 3 hdg om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 143 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 144 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 145 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 146 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 147 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 148 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 149 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
ch 7 pt 4 hdg om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 150 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 151 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 152 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 153 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 154 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 155 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 156 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 157 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 158 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 159 om 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 160 prev s 160 om 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
pres s 160 ins 2019 No. 9 s 78
ch 9 hdg sub 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
ch 9 pt 1 hdg sub 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
ch 9 pt 2 hdg ins 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
s 164 ins 2000 No. 8s 263sch 3
ch 9 pt 3 hdg ins 2001 No. 95s 27
amd 2007 No. 36s 2 sch
s 165 ins 2001 No. 95s 27
s 166 ins 2001 No. 95s 27
s 167 ins 2019 No. 9 s 79
s 168 ins 2019 No. 9 s 79
s 169 ins 2019 No. 9 s 79
s 170 ins 2019 No. 9 s 79
s 171 ins 2019 No. 9 s 79
s 172 ins 2019 No. 9 s 79
s 173 ins 2019 No. 9 s 79
s 174 ins 2019 No. 9 s 79
s 175 ins 2019 No. 9 s 79
sch 1 s 7 amd 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
om 2019 No. 9 s 80
sch 1 s 12 amd 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3; 2001 No. 95 s 28
om 2019 No. 9 s 80
sch 2 pt 1 hdg sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 1 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
amd 2002 No. 34 s 42; 2003 No. 87 s 58; 2004 No. 43 s 93; 2007 No. 36 s 2 sch
sch 2 pt 2 hdg sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 2 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
amd 2003 No. 87 s 59; 2016 No. 9 s 57; 2019 No. 9 s 81
sch 1 s 3 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
amd 2010 No. 2 s 99; 2011 No. 46 s 71; 2012 No. 12 s 59 schpt 2; 2015 No. 33 s 52(2) schpt 2; 2019 No. 9 s 82; 2020 No. 33 s 154
sch 2 s 4 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 5 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
amd 2001 No. 95 s 29; 2016 No. 5 s 917(1)
sch 2 s 5A ins 2001 No. 95 s 30
sch 2 s 5B ins 2001 No. 95 s 30
sch 2 s 6 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 7 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
amd 2001 No. 95 s 31; 2016 No. 5 s 917(2)
sch 2 s 8 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 9 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 10 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 11 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 12 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 13 ins 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
amd 2003 No. 87 s 60; 2019 No. 9 s 83
sch 2 s 14 ins 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 15 ins 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sub 2016 No. 5 s 917(3)
sch 2 s 15A ins 2016 No. 5 s 917(4)
sch 2 s 16 ins 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
om 2001 No. 95 s 32
sch 2 s 17 ins 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 pt 3 hdg ins 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 s 18 ins 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 2 amd 2000 No. 8 s 263sch 3
sch 3 def administrator ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def adult guardian sub 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
om 2014 No. 26 s 272(1)
sch 3 def approved clinical research ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def capacity sub 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
amd 2019 No. 9 s 84(3)
sch 3 def clinical research ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def de facto spouse om 2002 No. 74 s 90 sch
sch 3 def electroconvulsive therapy ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def forensic examination ins 2003 No. 87 s 61
sch 3 def general principles amd 2019 No. 9 s 84(4)
sch 3 def good medical practice ins 2001 No. 95 s 33(2)
sch 3 def guardian ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def health care principles ins 2019 No. 9 s 84(2)
sch 3 def health care principle om 2019 No. 9 s 84(1)
sch 3 def insolvent amd 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch 3
sch 3 def interested person sub 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3; 2019 No. 9 s 84(1)–(2)
sch 3 def jurisdiction ins 2019 No. 9 s 84(2)
sch 3 def legal matter ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def life-sustaining measure ins 2001 No. 95 s 33(2)
sch 3 def life-sustaining measures om 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def matter amd 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def non-ablative neurosurgical procedure ins 2016 No. 5 s 918
sch 3 def paid carer amd 2011 No. 45 s 217 sch 1A
sch 3 def prescribed special health care ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def psychosurgery ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def public guardian ins 2014 No. 26 s 272(2)
sch 3 def resident ins 2004 No. 43 s 94
sch 3 def residential service ins 2004 No. 43 s 94
sch 3 def service provider ins 2004 No. 43 s 94
sch 3 def special life-sustaining measures ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
om 2001 No. 95 s 33(1)
sch 3 def special medical research or experimental health care ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sch 3 def spouse om 2002 No. 74 s 90 sch
sch 3 def support network ins 2019 No. 9 s 84(2)
sch 3 def tribunal ins 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
sub 2009 No. 24 s 1570
Powers of Attorney Act 1998
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