# The Court of Protection (Enduring Powers of Attorney) Rules 2001, Article 3: Interpretation


(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
expressions used in the Supreme Court Act 1981 shall have the same meanings as they have in that Act;
“the Act” means the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985;
“the 1983 Act” means the Mental Health Act 1983;
“the 2001 Rules” means the Court of Protection Rules 2001;
“applicant” includes an objector;
“application” includes an objection;
“attended hearing” means a hearing where one or more of the parties to the proceedings have been invited to attend the court for the determination of the application;
“the court” means the Court of Protection;
“direction” means a direction or authority given under the seal of the court;
“enduring power of attorney” shall be construed in accordance with section 2 of the Act;
“entered” means entered in the register of enduring powers of attorney kept by the court;
“filed” means filed in the court office;
“hearing” means an attended or unattended hearing;
“judge” means the Lord Chancellor or a judge nominated under section 93(1) of the 1983 Act;
“Master” means the Master of the Court of Protection;
“nominated officer” means an officer of the court nominated under section 93(4) of the 1983 Act;
“order” means an order of the court under seal and includes a certificate, direction or authority of the court under seal;
“relative” means one of the persons referred to as relatives and entitled to receive notice under the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act;
“seal” means an official seal of the court and “sealed” shall be construed accordingly.
(2) In these Rules—
(a) any reference to a numbered rule or to a numbered Schedule is a reference to the rule of, or the Schedule to, these Rules so numbered in these Rules;
(b) any reference in a rule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the rule in which the reference occurs; and
(c) a form referred to by a letter alone means the form so designated in Schedule 1 or a form to the same effect with such variations as the circumstances may require and the court may approve and in both cases shall include a Welsh translation of the form.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/825/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-enduring-powers-of-attorney-rules-2001/article-3
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