Section 36 — Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988: Functions and duties of manager

36 Functions and duties of manager (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.