Section 73A of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

(1)  If the Board adjourns the hearing of an application under this Act and it considers that there may be grounds for making, in respect of a person, a guardianship order or administration order or a further guardianship order or further administration order then it may –

(a) make an interim order appointing, as the case may be, the Public Guardian as the person's guardian or The Public Trustee as the administrator of the person's estate; and

(b) make or give any related orders or directions it considers appropriate in the circumstances.