{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-attorney-act-1971/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-attorney-act-1971/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/27",
  "legislation_title": "Powers of Attorney Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-attorney-act-1971",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Execution of powers of attorney.",
  "text": "(1) An instrument creating a power of attorney shall be executed as a deed by the donor of the power.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This section is without prejudice to any requirement in, or having effect under, any other Act as to the witnessing of instruments creating powers of attorney and does not affect the rules relating to the execution of instruments by bodies corporate.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (c. 34, SIF 98:1), s. 1(8)(9)(11), Sch. 1 para. 6(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 1(2) repealed by Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (c. 34, SIF 98:1), ss. 1(8)(9)(11), 4, Sch. 1 para. 6(b), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/27/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:12.930294+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}