Powers of Attorney Act 2023
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-lasting-powers-of-attorney"><heading>Lasting powers of attorney</heading><section eId="section-1"><num>1</num><heading>Lasting powers of attorney</heading><content><p>The Schedule makes provision in relation to lasting powers of attorney.</p></content></section></hcontainer>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1"><num>1</num><heading>Lasting powers of attorney</heading><content><p>The Schedule makes provision in relation to lasting powers of attorney.</p></content></section>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-certifying-copies-of-power-of-attorney"><heading>Certifying copies of power of attorney</heading><section eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading>Certifying copies of power of attorney</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 3 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1971 is amended as follows.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (1)(b), after “authorised person” insert <quotedText>“, chartered legal executive”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-chartered-legal-executive">chartered legal executive</term>” means a person authorised by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives to practise as a chartered legal executive.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading>Certifying copies of power of attorney</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 3 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1971 is amended as follows.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (1)(b), after “authorised person” insert <quotedText>“, chartered legal executive”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-chartered-legal-executive">chartered legal executive</term>” means a person authorised by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives to practise as a chartered legal executive.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 3 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1971 is amended as follows.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In subsection (1)(b), after “authorised person” insert <quotedText>“, chartered legal executive”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="section-2-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><mod>After subsection (3) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><subsection><num>(3A)</num><content><p>In this section “<term refersTo="#term-chartered-legal-executive">chartered legal executive</term>” means a person authorised by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives to practise as a chartered legal executive.</p></content></subsection></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subsection>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-general-provisions"><heading>General provisions</heading><section eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading>Extent, commencement and short title</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act extends to England and Wales only, subject to <ref href="#section-3-2">subsection (2)</ref>.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The following provisions extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-2">section 2</ref>;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-3">this section</ref>;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> and <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-b">(b)</ref> of <ref href="#schedule">the Schedule</ref>.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-3">This section</ref> comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-2">Section 2</ref> comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The remaining provisions of this Act come into force on such day or days as the Lord Chancellor may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>The regulations—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>may make transitional, transitory or saving provision, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>may make different provision for different purposes.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Powers of Attorney Act 2023.</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading>Extent, commencement and short title</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act extends to England and Wales only, subject to <ref href="#section-3-2">subsection (2)</ref>.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The following provisions extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-2">section 2</ref>;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-3">this section</ref>;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> and <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-b">(b)</ref> of <ref href="#schedule">the Schedule</ref>.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-3">This section</ref> comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-2">Section 2</ref> comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The remaining provisions of this Act come into force on such day or days as the Lord Chancellor may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>The regulations—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>may make transitional, transitory or saving provision, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>may make different provision for different purposes.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Powers of Attorney Act 2023.</p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act extends to England and Wales only, subject to <ref href="#section-3-2">subsection (2)</ref>.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The following provisions extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-2">section 2</ref>;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-3">this section</ref>;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> and <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-b">(b)</ref> of <ref href="#schedule">the Schedule</ref>.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-2">section 2</ref>;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-3">this section</ref>;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> and <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-b">(b)</ref> of <ref href="#schedule">the Schedule</ref>.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-3">This section</ref> comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p><ref href="#section-2">Section 2</ref> comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>The remaining provisions of this Act come into force on such day or days as the Lord Chancellor may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-6"><num>(6)</num><intro><p>The regulations—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>may make transitional, transitory or saving provision, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>may make different provision for different purposes.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-6-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>may make transitional, transitory or saving provision, and</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-6-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>may make different provision for different purposes.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-7"><num>(7)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the Powers of Attorney Act 2023.</p></content></subsection>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="schedules"><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule"><num>Schedule<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p><ref href="#section-1">Section 1</ref></p></authorialNote></num><heading>Lasting powers of attorney</heading><part eId="schedule-part-1"><num>Part 1</num><heading>Registration of lasting powers of attorney</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Introduction</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Schedule 1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (lasting powers of attorney: formalities) is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Application for registration of lasting power of attorney</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><intro><p>In paragraph 4—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “made” insert <quotedText>“by the donor”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (2);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>The application must be accompanied by the instrument (whether or not the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c)).</p></content></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>4A</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument as submitted under paragraph 4(3) fails in a prescribed respect to comply with paragraph 1(1)(c), the Public Guardian must take any steps that may be prescribed for ensuring that the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c) in that respect.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Notifications</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 6.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 7 substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>As soon as is practicable after both the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are met, the Public Guardian must notify the donor, the donee (or, if more than one, each of them) and each named person that those conditions have been met.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The conditions are—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that the Public Guardian has received an application under paragraph 4 in relation to an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument has been made in accordance with this Schedule.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 8.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 10 and the italic heading before it substitute— <quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>The Public Guardian may, on an application made by the donor with respect to a named person, determine that paragraph 7 is not to apply in relation to that person if satisfied that there are special circumstances which justify the disapplication of that provision in relation to that person.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p><mod>After paragraph 10 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10A</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulations may impose, in respect of applications under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument, requirements for the purpose of establishing or verifying the identity of persons named in an instrument or taking part in the process of an application.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that a requirement imposed by regulations under sub-paragraph (1) is not met in the case of an instrument, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless directed to do so by the court.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Objections to registration</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3)(b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>before the end of the prescribed period, gives notice to the Public Guardian of an objection to the registration on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (4) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them), directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Objection by third party</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>13A</num><subparagraph eId="d25e471"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>This paragraph applies where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d25e477"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an application has been made under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument (and at the time when the notice mentioned in <ref href="#d25e486">paragraph (b)</ref> is given that application has not been determined),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d25e486"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a third party has given the Public Guardian notice of an objection on a relevant ground to the registration of the instrument (“the notice of objection”), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>that notice was given after the Public Guardian was first notified in a prescribed manner by (or on behalf of) the donor of the donor’s intention to make the application mentioned in <ref href="#d25e477">paragraph (a)</ref>.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="d25e501"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In <ref href="#d25e471">sub-paragraph (1)</ref> “<term refersTo="#term-on-a-relevant-ground">on a relevant ground</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d25e513"><num>(a)</num><content><p>on the ground that an event mentioned in section 13(3) or (6)(a) to (d) has occurred which has revoked the instrument, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d25e519"><num>(b)</num><content><p>on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on the ground within <ref href="#d25e501">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d25e513">(a)</ref> and the Public Guardian is satisfied that the ground for making the objection is established, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is satisfied that the ground is not established, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on a ground within <ref href="#d25e501">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d25e519">(b)</ref> the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them) directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(5)</num><content><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-third-party">third party</term>” means a person who is not the donor, a donee or a named person.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Evidence of registration</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><intro><p>In paragraph 16—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “Schedule” insert <quotedText>“before the day on which <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> of the Schedule to the Powers of Attorney Act 2023 comes into force”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after sub-paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>In the case of any instrument registered under this Schedule in electronic form—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the record in the register of that instrument is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, sufficient proof of the contents of the instrument;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>regulations may provide that a document provided by the Public Guardian in a prescribed manner is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been registered.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “Sub-paragraph (1) is” substitute <quotedText>“Sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) are”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-part-2"><num>Part 2</num><heading>Minor and consequential amendments</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p>The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p><mod>In section 58(4) (functions of the Public Guardian), after paragraph (c) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(ca)</num><content><p>the time at which such fees are to be paid;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p><mod>In section 65 (rules, regulations and orders), in subsection (1)(c), after “cases” insert <quotedText>“or purposes”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Schedule 1 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In paragraph 5, for “11 to 14” substitute <quotedText>“10A to 13A”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 9—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (1);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 11(1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>after “If” insert <quotedText>“, at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 5,”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for “an instrument accompanying an application under paragraph 4” substitute <quotedText>“the instrument to which an application under paragraph 4 relates”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), in the words before paragraph (a), for “person applying for the registration” substitute <quotedText>“donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 14 and the italic heading before it.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></part></hcontainer></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="schedule" eId="schedule"><num>Schedule<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p><ref href="#section-1">Section 1</ref></p></authorialNote></num><heading>Lasting powers of attorney</heading><part eId="schedule-part-1"><num>Part 1</num><heading>Registration of lasting powers of attorney</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-introduction"><heading>Introduction</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Schedule 1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (lasting powers of attorney: formalities) is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-application-for-registration-of-lasting-power-of-attorney"><heading>Application for registration of lasting power of attorney</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><intro><p>In paragraph 4—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “made” insert <quotedText>“by the donor”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (2);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>The application must be accompanied by the instrument (whether or not the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c)).</p></content></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>4A</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument as submitted under paragraph 4(3) fails in a prescribed respect to comply with paragraph 1(1)(c), the Public Guardian must take any steps that may be prescribed for ensuring that the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c) in that respect.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-notifications"><heading>Notifications</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 6.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 7 substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>As soon as is practicable after both the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are met, the Public Guardian must notify the donor, the donee (or, if more than one, each of them) and each named person that those conditions have been met.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The conditions are—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that the Public Guardian has received an application under paragraph 4 in relation to an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument has been made in accordance with this Schedule.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 8.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-exclusion-of-notification-requirements"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 10 and the italic heading before it substitute— <quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>The Public Guardian may, on an application made by the donor with respect to a named person, determine that paragraph 7 is not to apply in relation to that person if satisfied that there are special circumstances which justify the disapplication of that provision in relation to that person.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-identification-requirements"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p><mod>After paragraph 10 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10A</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulations may impose, in respect of applications under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument, requirements for the purpose of establishing or verifying the identity of persons named in an instrument or taking part in the process of an application.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that a requirement imposed by regulations under sub-paragraph (1) is not met in the case of an instrument, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless directed to do so by the court.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-objections-to-registration"><heading>Objections to registration</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3)(b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>before the end of the prescribed period, gives notice to the Public Guardian of an objection to the registration on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (4) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them), directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Objection by third party</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>13A</num><subparagraph eId="d28e486"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>This paragraph applies where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d28e492"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an application has been made under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument (and at the time when the notice mentioned in <ref href="#d28e501">paragraph (b)</ref> is given that application has not been determined),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d28e501"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a third party has given the Public Guardian notice of an objection on a relevant ground to the registration of the instrument (“the notice of objection”), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>that notice was given after the Public Guardian was first notified in a prescribed manner by (or on behalf of) the donor of the donor’s intention to make the application mentioned in <ref href="#d28e492">paragraph (a)</ref>.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="d28e516"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In <ref href="#d28e486">sub-paragraph (1)</ref> “<term refersTo="#term-on-a-relevant-ground">on a relevant ground</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d28e528"><num>(a)</num><content><p>on the ground that an event mentioned in section 13(3) or (6)(a) to (d) has occurred which has revoked the instrument, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d28e534"><num>(b)</num><content><p>on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on the ground within <ref href="#d28e516">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d28e528">(a)</ref> and the Public Guardian is satisfied that the ground for making the objection is established, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is satisfied that the ground is not established, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on a ground within <ref href="#d28e516">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d28e534">(b)</ref> the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them) directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(5)</num><content><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-third-party">third party</term>” means a person who is not the donor, a donee or a named person.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-evidence-of-registration"><heading>Evidence of registration</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><intro><p>In paragraph 16—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “Schedule” insert <quotedText>“before the day on which <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> of the Schedule to the Powers of Attorney Act 2022 comes into force”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after sub-paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>In the case of any instrument registered under this Schedule in electronic form—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the record in the register of that instrument is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, sufficient proof of the contents of the instrument;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>regulations may provide that a document provided by the Public Guardian in a prescribed manner is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been registered.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “Sub-paragraph (1) is” substitute <quotedText>“Sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) are”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-part-2"><num>Part 2</num><heading>Minor and consequential amendments</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p>The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p><mod>In section 58(4) (functions of the Public Guardian), after paragraph (c) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(ca)</num><content><p>the time at which such fees are to be paid;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p><mod>In section 65 (rules, regulations and orders), in subsection (1)(c), after “cases” insert <quotedText>“or purposes”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Schedule 1 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In paragraph 5, for “11 to 14” substitute <quotedText>“10A to 13A”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 9—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (1);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 11(1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>after “If” insert <quotedText>“, at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 5,”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for “an instrument accompanying an application under paragraph 4” substitute <quotedText>“the instrument to which an application under paragraph 4 relates”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), in the words before paragraph (a), for “person applying for the registration” substitute <quotedText>“donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 14 and the italic heading before it.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></part></hcontainer>
<part xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="schedule-part-1"><num>Part 1</num><heading>Registration of lasting powers of attorney</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-introduction"><heading>Introduction</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Schedule 1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (lasting powers of attorney: formalities) is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-application-for-registration-of-lasting-power-of-attorney"><heading>Application for registration of lasting power of attorney</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><intro><p>In paragraph 4—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “made” insert <quotedText>“by the donor”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (2);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>The application must be accompanied by the instrument (whether or not the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c)).</p></content></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>4A</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument as submitted under paragraph 4(3) fails in a prescribed respect to comply with paragraph 1(1)(c), the Public Guardian must take any steps that may be prescribed for ensuring that the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c) in that respect.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-notifications"><heading>Notifications</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 6.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 7 substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>As soon as is practicable after both the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are met, the Public Guardian must notify the donor, the donee (or, if more than one, each of them) and each named person that those conditions have been met.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The conditions are—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that the Public Guardian has received an application under paragraph 4 in relation to an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument has been made in accordance with this Schedule.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 8.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-exclusion-of-notification-requirements"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 10 and the italic heading before it substitute— <quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>The Public Guardian may, on an application made by the donor with respect to a named person, determine that paragraph 7 is not to apply in relation to that person if satisfied that there are special circumstances which justify the disapplication of that provision in relation to that person.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-identification-requirements"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p><mod>After paragraph 10 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10A</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulations may impose, in respect of applications under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument, requirements for the purpose of establishing or verifying the identity of persons named in an instrument or taking part in the process of an application.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that a requirement imposed by regulations under sub-paragraph (1) is not met in the case of an instrument, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless directed to do so by the court.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-objections-to-registration"><heading>Objections to registration</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3)(b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>before the end of the prescribed period, gives notice to the Public Guardian of an objection to the registration on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (4) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them), directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Objection by third party</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>13A</num><subparagraph eId="d28e486"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>This paragraph applies where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d28e492"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an application has been made under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument (and at the time when the notice mentioned in <ref href="#d28e501">paragraph (b)</ref> is given that application has not been determined),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d28e501"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a third party has given the Public Guardian notice of an objection on a relevant ground to the registration of the instrument (“the notice of objection”), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>that notice was given after the Public Guardian was first notified in a prescribed manner by (or on behalf of) the donor of the donor’s intention to make the application mentioned in <ref href="#d28e492">paragraph (a)</ref>.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="d28e516"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In <ref href="#d28e486">sub-paragraph (1)</ref> “<term refersTo="#term-on-a-relevant-ground">on a relevant ground</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d28e528"><num>(a)</num><content><p>on the ground that an event mentioned in section 13(3) or (6)(a) to (d) has occurred which has revoked the instrument, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d28e534"><num>(b)</num><content><p>on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on the ground within <ref href="#d28e516">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d28e528">(a)</ref> and the Public Guardian is satisfied that the ground for making the objection is established, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is satisfied that the ground is not established, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on a ground within <ref href="#d28e516">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d28e534">(b)</ref> the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them) directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(5)</num><content><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-third-party">third party</term>” means a person who is not the donor, a donee or a named person.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-evidence-of-registration"><heading>Evidence of registration</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><intro><p>In paragraph 16—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “Schedule” insert <quotedText>“before the day on which <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> of the Schedule to the Powers of Attorney Act 2022 comes into force”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after sub-paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>In the case of any instrument registered under this Schedule in electronic form—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the record in the register of that instrument is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, sufficient proof of the contents of the instrument;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>regulations may provide that a document provided by the Public Guardian in a prescribed manner is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been registered.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “Sub-paragraph (1) is” substitute <quotedText>“Sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) are”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer></part>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Introduction</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Schedule 1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (lasting powers of attorney: formalities) is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Schedule 1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (lasting powers of attorney: formalities) is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p><mod>After paragraph 10 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10A</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulations may impose, in respect of applications under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument, requirements for the purpose of establishing or verifying the identity of persons named in an instrument or taking part in the process of an application.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that a requirement imposed by regulations under sub-paragraph (1) is not met in the case of an instrument, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless directed to do so by the court.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-introduction"><heading>Introduction</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Schedule 1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (lasting powers of attorney: formalities) is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Application for registration of lasting power of attorney</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><intro><p>In paragraph 4—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “made” insert <quotedText>“by the donor”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (2);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>The application must be accompanied by the instrument (whether or not the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c)).</p></content></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>4A</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument as submitted under paragraph 4(3) fails in a prescribed respect to comply with paragraph 1(1)(c), the Public Guardian must take any steps that may be prescribed for ensuring that the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c) in that respect.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3)(b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>before the end of the prescribed period, gives notice to the Public Guardian of an objection to the registration on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (4) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them), directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Objection by third party</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>13A</num><subparagraph eId="d28e486"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>This paragraph applies where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d28e492"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an application has been made under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument (and at the time when the notice mentioned in <ref href="#d28e501">paragraph (b)</ref> is given that application has not been determined),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d28e501"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a third party has given the Public Guardian notice of an objection on a relevant ground to the registration of the instrument (“the notice of objection”), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>that notice was given after the Public Guardian was first notified in a prescribed manner by (or on behalf of) the donor of the donor’s intention to make the application mentioned in <ref href="#d28e492">paragraph (a)</ref>.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="d28e516"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In <ref href="#d28e486">sub-paragraph (1)</ref> “<term refersTo="#term-on-a-relevant-ground">on a relevant ground</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d28e528"><num>(a)</num><content><p>on the ground that an event mentioned in section 13(3) or (6)(a) to (d) has occurred which has revoked the instrument, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d28e534"><num>(b)</num><content><p>on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on the ground within <ref href="#d28e516">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d28e528">(a)</ref> and the Public Guardian is satisfied that the ground for making the objection is established, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is satisfied that the ground is not established, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on a ground within <ref href="#d28e516">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d28e534">(b)</ref> the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them) directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(5)</num><content><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-third-party">third party</term>” means a person who is not the donor, a donee or a named person.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><intro><p>In paragraph 4—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “made” insert <quotedText>“by the donor”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (2);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>The application must be accompanied by the instrument (whether or not the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c)).</p></content></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></paragraph>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “made” insert <quotedText>“by the donor”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (2);</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>The application must be accompanied by the instrument (whether or not the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c)).</p></content></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>4A</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument as submitted under paragraph 4(3) fails in a prescribed respect to comply with paragraph 1(1)(c), the Public Guardian must take any steps that may be prescribed for ensuring that the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c) in that respect.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-application-for-registration-of-lasting-power-of-attorney"><heading>Application for registration of lasting power of attorney</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><intro><p>In paragraph 4—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “made” insert <quotedText>“by the donor”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (2);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>The application must be accompanied by the instrument (whether or not the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c)).</p></content></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>4A</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument as submitted under paragraph 4(3) fails in a prescribed respect to comply with paragraph 1(1)(c), the Public Guardian must take any steps that may be prescribed for ensuring that the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c) in that respect.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-notifications"><heading>Notifications</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 6.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 7 substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>As soon as is practicable after both the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are met, the Public Guardian must notify the donor, the donee (or, if more than one, each of them) and each named person that those conditions have been met.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The conditions are—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that the Public Guardian has received an application under paragraph 4 in relation to an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument has been made in accordance with this Schedule.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 8.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Notifications</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 6.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 7 substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>As soon as is practicable after both the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are met, the Public Guardian must notify the donor, the donee (or, if more than one, each of them) and each named person that those conditions have been met.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The conditions are—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that the Public Guardian has received an application under paragraph 4 in relation to an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument has been made in accordance with this Schedule.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 8.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 6.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 7 substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>As soon as is practicable after both the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are met, the Public Guardian must notify the donor, the donee (or, if more than one, each of them) and each named person that those conditions have been met.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The conditions are—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that the Public Guardian has received an application under paragraph 4 in relation to an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument has been made in accordance with this Schedule.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 8.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-exclusion-of-notification-requirements"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 10 and the italic heading before it substitute— <quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>The Public Guardian may, on an application made by the donor with respect to a named person, determine that paragraph 7 is not to apply in relation to that person if satisfied that there are special circumstances which justify the disapplication of that provision in relation to that person.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 10 and the italic heading before it substitute— <quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>The Public Guardian may, on an application made by the donor with respect to a named person, determine that paragraph 7 is not to apply in relation to that person if satisfied that there are special circumstances which justify the disapplication of that provision in relation to that person.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><intro><p>In paragraph 16—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “Schedule” insert <quotedText>“before the day on which <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> of the Schedule to the Powers of Attorney Act 2022 comes into force”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after sub-paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>In the case of any instrument registered under this Schedule in electronic form—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the record in the register of that instrument is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, sufficient proof of the contents of the instrument;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>regulations may provide that a document provided by the Public Guardian in a prescribed manner is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been registered.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “Sub-paragraph (1) is” substitute <quotedText>“Sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) are”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></paragraph>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “Schedule” insert <quotedText>“before the day on which <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> of the Schedule to the Powers of Attorney Act 2022 comes into force”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after sub-paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>In the case of any instrument registered under this Schedule in electronic form—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the record in the register of that instrument is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, sufficient proof of the contents of the instrument;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>regulations may provide that a document provided by the Public Guardian in a prescribed manner is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been registered.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “Sub-paragraph (1) is” substitute <quotedText>“Sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) are”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 10 and the italic heading before it substitute— <quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>The Public Guardian may, on an application made by the donor with respect to a named person, determine that paragraph 7 is not to apply in relation to that person if satisfied that there are special circumstances which justify the disapplication of that provision in relation to that person.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-identification-requirements"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p><mod>After paragraph 10 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10A</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulations may impose, in respect of applications under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument, requirements for the purpose of establishing or verifying the identity of persons named in an instrument or taking part in the process of an application.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that a requirement imposed by regulations under sub-paragraph (1) is not met in the case of an instrument, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless directed to do so by the court.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-objections-to-registration"><heading>Objections to registration</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3)(b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>before the end of the prescribed period, gives notice to the Public Guardian of an objection to the registration on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (4) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them), directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Objection by third party</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>13A</num><subparagraph eId="d28e486"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>This paragraph applies where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d28e492"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an application has been made under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument (and at the time when the notice mentioned in <ref href="#d28e501">paragraph (b)</ref> is given that application has not been determined),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d28e501"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a third party has given the Public Guardian notice of an objection on a relevant ground to the registration of the instrument (“the notice of objection”), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>that notice was given after the Public Guardian was first notified in a prescribed manner by (or on behalf of) the donor of the donor’s intention to make the application mentioned in <ref href="#d28e492">paragraph (a)</ref>.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="d28e516"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In <ref href="#d28e486">sub-paragraph (1)</ref> “<term refersTo="#term-on-a-relevant-ground">on a relevant ground</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d28e528"><num>(a)</num><content><p>on the ground that an event mentioned in section 13(3) or (6)(a) to (d) has occurred which has revoked the instrument, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d28e534"><num>(b)</num><content><p>on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on the ground within <ref href="#d28e516">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d28e528">(a)</ref> and the Public Guardian is satisfied that the ground for making the objection is established, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is satisfied that the ground is not established, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on a ground within <ref href="#d28e516">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d28e534">(b)</ref> the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them) directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(5)</num><content><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-third-party">third party</term>” means a person who is not the donor, a donee or a named person.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-evidence-of-registration"><heading>Evidence of registration</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><intro><p>In paragraph 16—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “Schedule” insert <quotedText>“before the day on which <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> of the Schedule to the Powers of Attorney Act 2022 comes into force”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after sub-paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>In the case of any instrument registered under this Schedule in electronic form—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the record in the register of that instrument is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, sufficient proof of the contents of the instrument;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>regulations may provide that a document provided by the Public Guardian in a prescribed manner is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been registered.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “Sub-paragraph (1) is” substitute <quotedText>“Sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) are”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer>
<part xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-part-2"><num>Part 2</num><heading>Minor and consequential amendments</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p>The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p><mod>In section 58(4) (functions of the Public Guardian), after paragraph (c) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(ca)</num><content><p>the time at which such fees are to be paid;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p><mod>In section 65 (rules, regulations and orders), in subsection (1)(c), after “cases” insert <quotedText>“or purposes”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Schedule 1 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In paragraph 5, for “11 to 14” substitute <quotedText>“10A to 13A”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 9—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (1);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 11(1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>after “If” insert <quotedText>“, at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 5,”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for “an instrument accompanying an application under paragraph 4” substitute <quotedText>“the instrument to which an application under paragraph 4 relates”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), in the words before paragraph (a), for “person applying for the registration” substitute <quotedText>“donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 14 and the italic heading before it.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></part>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p>The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p><mod>In section 58(4) (functions of the Public Guardian), after paragraph (c) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(ca)</num><content><p>the time at which such fees are to be paid;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p><mod>In section 65 (rules, regulations and orders), in subsection (1)(c), after “cases” insert <quotedText>“or purposes”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Schedule 1 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In paragraph 5, for “11 to 14” substitute <quotedText>“10A to 13A”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 9—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (1);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 11(1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>after “If” insert <quotedText>“, at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 5,”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for “an instrument accompanying an application under paragraph 4” substitute <quotedText>“the instrument to which an application under paragraph 4 relates”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), in the words before paragraph (a), for “person applying for the registration” substitute <quotedText>“donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 14 and the italic heading before it.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="schedules" eId="schedules"><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule"><num>Schedule<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p><ref href="#section-1">Section 1</ref></p></authorialNote></num><heading>Lasting powers of attorney</heading><part eId="schedule-part-1"><num>Part 1</num><heading>Registration of lasting powers of attorney</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-introduction"><heading>Introduction</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Schedule 1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (lasting powers of attorney: formalities) is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-application-for-registration-of-lasting-power-of-attorney"><heading>Application for registration of lasting power of attorney</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><intro><p>In paragraph 4—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “made” insert <quotedText>“by the donor”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (2);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><content><p>The application must be accompanied by the instrument (whether or not the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c)).</p></content></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>4A</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument as submitted under paragraph 4(3) fails in a prescribed respect to comply with paragraph 1(1)(c), the Public Guardian must take any steps that may be prescribed for ensuring that the instrument complies with paragraph 1(1)(c) in that respect.</p></content></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-notifications"><heading>Notifications</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 6.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 7 substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>As soon as is practicable after both the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are met, the Public Guardian must notify the donor, the donee (or, if more than one, each of them) and each named person that those conditions have been met.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><intro><p>The conditions are—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that the Public Guardian has received an application under paragraph 4 in relation to an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that it appears to the Public Guardian that the instrument has been made in accordance with this Schedule.</p></content></level></subparagraph></paragraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 8.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-exclusion-of-notification-requirements"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p><mod>For paragraph 10 and the italic heading before it substitute— <quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Exclusion of notification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>The Public Guardian may, on an application made by the donor with respect to a named person, determine that paragraph 7 is not to apply in relation to that person if satisfied that there are special circumstances which justify the disapplication of that provision in relation to that person.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-identification-requirements"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p><mod>After paragraph 10 insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Identification requirements</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>10A</num><subparagraph><num>(1)</num><content><p>Regulations may impose, in respect of applications under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument, requirements for the purpose of establishing or verifying the identity of persons named in an instrument or taking part in the process of an application.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(2)</num><content><p>If it appears to the Public Guardian that a requirement imposed by regulations under sub-paragraph (1) is not met in the case of an instrument, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless directed to do so by the court.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-objections-to-registration"><heading>Objections to registration</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (3)(b) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>before the end of the prescribed period, gives notice to the Public Guardian of an objection to the registration on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for sub-paragraph (4) substitute—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>The Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them), directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>After that paragraph insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7"><heading>Objection by third party</heading><paragraph class="schProv1"><num>13A</num><subparagraph eId="d28e486"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>This paragraph applies where—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d28e492"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an application has been made under paragraph 4 for the registration of an instrument (and at the time when the notice mentioned in <ref href="#d28e501">paragraph (b)</ref> is given that application has not been determined),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d28e501"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a third party has given the Public Guardian notice of an objection on a relevant ground to the registration of the instrument (“the notice of objection”), and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(c)</num><content><p>that notice was given after the Public Guardian was first notified in a prescribed manner by (or on behalf of) the donor of the donor’s intention to make the application mentioned in <ref href="#d28e492">paragraph (a)</ref>.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="d28e516"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In <ref href="#d28e486">sub-paragraph (1)</ref> “<term refersTo="#term-on-a-relevant-ground">on a relevant ground</term>” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="d28e528"><num>(a)</num><content><p>on the ground that an event mentioned in section 13(3) or (6)(a) to (d) has occurred which has revoked the instrument, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="d28e534"><num>(b)</num><content><p>on a prescribed ground.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on the ground within <ref href="#d28e516">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d28e528">(a)</ref> and the Public Guardian is satisfied that the ground for making the objection is established, the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>is satisfied that the ground is not established, and</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(4)</num><intro><p>Where the notice of objection is given on a ground within <ref href="#d28e516">sub-paragraph (2)</ref><ref href="#d28e534">(b)</ref> the Public Guardian must not register the instrument unless—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the Public Guardian is satisfied that no evidence has been provided which reasonably supports the making of the objection on that ground, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the court, on the application of the donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them) directs the Public Guardian to register the instrument.</p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph><num>(5)</num><content><p>In this paragraph “<term refersTo="#term-third-party">third party</term>” means a person who is not the donor, a donee or a named person.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer></quotedStructure></mod></p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></hcontainer><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="schedule-part-1-crossheading-evidence-of-registration"><heading>Evidence of registration</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><intro><p>In paragraph 16—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “Schedule” insert <quotedText>“before the day on which <ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8">paragraph 8</ref><ref href="#schedule-paragraph-8-a">(a)</ref> of the Schedule to the Powers of Attorney Act 2022 comes into force”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>after sub-paragraph (1) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="schedule" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="schedule" ukl:Format="double"><subparagraph><num>(1A)</num><intro><p>In the case of any instrument registered under this Schedule in electronic form—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>the record in the register of that instrument is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, sufficient proof of the contents of the instrument;</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>regulations may provide that a document provided by the Public Guardian in a prescribed manner is to be, in any part of the United Kingdom, evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been registered.</p></content></level></subparagraph></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">;</inline></mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “Sub-paragraph (1) is” substitute <quotedText>“Sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) are”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></paragraph></hcontainer></part><part eId="schedule-part-2"><num>Part 2</num><heading>Minor and consequential amendments</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p>The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is amended as follows.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p><mod>In section 58(4) (functions of the Public Guardian), after paragraph (c) insert—<quotedStructure startQuote="“" endQuote="”" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double"><level class="para1"><num>(ca)</num><content><p>the time at which such fees are to be paid;</p></content></level></quotedStructure><inline name="appendText">.</inline></mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p><mod>In section 65 (rules, regulations and orders), in subsection (1)(c), after “cases” insert <quotedText>“or purposes”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Schedule 1 is amended as follows.</p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><mod>In paragraph 5, for “11 to 14” substitute <quotedText>“10A to 13A”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 9—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>omit sub-paragraph (1);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 11(1)—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>after “If” insert <quotedText>“, at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 5,”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>for “an instrument accompanying an application under paragraph 4” substitute <quotedText>“the instrument to which an application under paragraph 4 relates”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>In paragraph 13—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (2), in the words before paragraph (a), for “person applying for the registration” substitute <quotedText>“donor or the donee (or, if more than one, any of them)”</quotedText>;</mod></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-12-5-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p><mod>in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “6, 7 or 8” substitute <quotedText>“7”</quotedText>.</mod></p></content></level></subparagraph><subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>Omit paragraph 14 and the italic heading before it.</p></content></subparagraph></paragraph></part></hcontainer></hcontainer>