Regulation 4 Amendment of the Public Guardian (Fees, etc.) Regulations 2007

for the heading substitute “Fees for application to register a lasting power of attorney and repeat application to register”;

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

A reduced fee for an application to register a lasting power of attorney shall be payable where the application is a repeat application in the following circumstances—

(a)

the initial application to register a lasting power of attorney is made on or after 1^st October 2011;

(b)

the initial application is returned to the applicant as invalid; and

(c)

the repeat application to register is submitted within 3 months of the date on which the invalid application was returned to the applicant.”; and

for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)

The fee prescribed by—

(a)

paragraph (1) shall be payable upon the application to register the lasting power of attorney; and

(b)

paragraph (1A) shall be payable upon the submission of the repeat application to register.”.