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  • What is a Lasting Power of Attorney?

    • A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a special Document that allows the Donor  to choose someone now (the Attorney) to make decisions  on  your behalf about things such as your property and affairs or personal welfare at a time in the future when you no longer wish ( or are no longer able) to make those decisions fo yourself.

    • An LPA can only be used after it is formally egistered.

  • The types of Lasting Power of Attorney

    There are two different types of Lasting Power of Attorney:

  • Who can make an LPA?

Anyone aged 18 or over, with the capacity to do so, can make a Lasting Power of Attorney appointing one or more Attorneys to make decisions on their behalf.

  • People involved in making an LPA

        The following are the different people involved in making an LPA:

       

  • The Attorney(s)
            An Attorney is the person(s) the Donor chooses to  appoint, to make decisions on behalf of the Donor about either about personal welfare or property and affairs or both.  You must trust wholeheartedly the person you wish to be your attorney(s)

  •       Donor
             is  you is  appointing an Attorney(s) to make decisions about your personal welfare, property and affairs or both.

  •       Named person(s)
           A named person is someone chosen by you  to be notified when an application is made to register the  LPA. They have the right to object to the registration of the LPA if they have concerns . The named person(s) are specified in the LPA as a safeguards .

  •       Certificate provider
            A certificate provider is another important safeguard. They are selected by you  to confirm you understand  the LPA and that you are not  under any pressure to make it.

  •       Witness
            A witness is someone who signs the LPA form to confirm that they witnessed: 

    •  You (the person making the LPA) signing and dating the LPA form; or

    •     the Attorney(s) (the person appointed by the Donor) signing and dating the LPA form.

 


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