Regulation 12 Amendment of the Lasting Powers of Attorney, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Public Guardian Regulations 2007

In regulation 11 (application for registration), after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

Schedule 3A to these Regulations sets out the form (“LPA 002R”) which must be used for submitting an application to the Public Guardian for the registration of an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney where the application is a repeat application in the circumstances set out in paragraphs (1B) and (1C) and the reduced fee for such applications applies (“a reduced fee repeat application”).

(1B)

A reduced fee repeat application may only be submitted where the initial application for the registration of a lasting power of attorney is—

(a)

made on or after 1^st October 2011; and

(b)

returned to the applicant as invalid.

(1C)

The reduced fee repeat application must be submitted for registration within three months of the date on which the initial application was subsequently returned to the applicant as invalid.”.