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Section 4 Proof of instruments creating powers of attorney.C1

(1)

A document purporting to be—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(b)

an extract of an instrument creating a power of attorney registered in Scotland in the books of council and session; or

(c)

an office copy of an instrument deposited in the proper office of the F2Court of Judicature under section forty-eight of the M1Conveyancing Act, 1881, as it applies to Northern Ireland;

shall, in any part of the United Kingdom, without further proof be sufficient evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been so deposited or registered.

(2)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 4(1)(a) repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7

F2

Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

F3

S. 4(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)

Marginal citations

M1

1881 c. 41.

Modifications

C1

S. 4 saved by Powers of Attorney Act 1971 (c. 27), s. 3(4); extended by Powers of Attorney Act 1971 (c. 27), s. 3(5)