# Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 (repealed) 1985 c. 29 · enacted 26 June 1985 · revised to 1 October 2007 An Act to enable powers of attorney to be created which will survive any subsequent mental incapacity of the donor and to make provision in connection with such powers. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/enduring-powers-of-attorney-act-1985-repealed/pdf/ukpga_19850029_en.pdf ## Introductory text [26th June 1985] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Enduring powers of attorney ## 1 Enduring power of attorney to survive mental incapacity of donor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Characteristics of an enduring power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Scope of authority et ceteralaetc. of attorney under enduring power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Action on actual or impending incapacity of donor ## 4 Duties of attorney in event of actual or impending incapacity of donor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Functions of court prior to registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Functions of court on application for registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Legal position after registration ## 7 Effect and proof of registration, et ceteralaetc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Functions of court with respect to registered power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Protection of attorney and third parties ## 9 Protection of attorney and third persons where power invalid or revoked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Supplementary ## 10 Application of Mental Health Act provisions relating to the court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Application to joint and joint and several attorneys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Power of Lord Chancellor to modify pre-registration requirements in certain cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Short title, commencement and extent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Notification Prior to Registration ### Part I: Duty to Give Notice to Relatives and Donor ### Duty to give notice to relatives ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Duty to give notice to donor ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Contents of Notices ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Duty to Give Notice to Other Attorneys ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: Supplementary ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Further Protection of Attorney and Third Persons ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Joint and Joint and Several Attorneys ### Part I: Joint Attorneys ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Joint and Several Attorneys ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/29 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/enduring-powers-of-attorney-act-1985-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.