4Power of parent to appoint tutor or curator

(1)

The parent of a child may appoint any person to be tutor or curator of the child after his death, but any such appointment shall be of no effect unless—

(a)

the appointment is in writing and signed by the parent; and

(b)

the parent at the time of his death was tutor or curator of the child or would have been such tutor if he had survived until after the birth of the child.

(2)

Any person appointed under subsection (1) above to be tutor to a child shall, unless the appointment otherwise specifically provides, become curator to the child when the child attains the age of minority.

(3)

Nothing in this section shall affect any power to appoint, or any appointment of, a tutor for the purposes of the administration of any property given or bequeathed to a child.