# The Court of Protection (Enduring Powers of Attorney) Rules 2001, Article 14: Notice of hearing


(1) Except where these rules otherwise provide or the court otherwise directs, the following minimum periods of notice of a hearing shall be given by the applicant—
(a) ten clear days in the case of—
(i) an application to dispense with notice to the donor;
(ii) an application to dispose of the donor’s property prior to registration; and
(iii) an objection to registration of an enduring power of attorney; and
(b) seven clear days in the case of any other application.
(2) Unless the court otherwise directs, notice of a hearing shall be given to the attorney, the donor, every relative, any co-attorney and to such other persons who appear to the court to be interested as the court may specify.
(3) The court may extend or abridge the time limited by these Rules or any order or direction for doing any act upon such terms and notwithstanding in the case of an extension that the time so limited has expired.
(4) For the purpose of this rule, notice of a hearing is given if the applicant sends a copy of the application, endorsed by the court with the hearing date, to the person concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/825/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-enduring-powers-of-attorney-rules-2001/article-14
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

