Powers of Attorney Bill, 1995

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Powers of Attorney Bill, 1995 would allow people to appoint someone to manage their property, finances and business if they later lose the mental capacity to do so, and—if specifically authorised—to make certain personal care decisions. Safeguards would include medical and solicitor checks, notice to relatives or other specified people, court registration and powers to investigate objections, require accounts or cancel the arrangement. It would also introduce a simpler general power of attorney and update rules protecting people who rely on an attorney’s authority, including in property transactions.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for powers of attorney to operate when the donor of the power is or is becoming mentally incapable and to amend in other respects the law relating to powers of attorney generally

Last updated 14 February 2023