Regulation 25 Special classes of individuals
If an individual is a person who is incapable, by reason of mental disorder, of managing and administering his property and affairs, anything under these Regulations which could have been done by the individual may be done—
in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, by the individual’s attorney or receiver, or the person managing and administering the individual’s property and affairs,
in Scotland, by the individual’s guardian within the meaning of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000f1, and
in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, by a person authorised by a Court having jurisdiction, in that country or territory, to regulate the property and affairs of an individual to whom this paragraph applies.
If an individual is a person who is suffering from a physical disability, by reason of which that person has difficulty executing documents in respect of the management and administration of his property and affairs, anything under these Regulations which could have been done by the individual may be done—
in the United Kingdom, by a person having a power of attorney in relation to the individual’s property and affairs, and
in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, by a person authorised, under the laws of that country or territory, to execute documents in relation to the individual’s property and affairs.
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