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Personal Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney
A Personal Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney allows individuals to appoint a legally authorised person or persons to make decisions with regard to their personal welfare, including whether to give or refuse consent to medical treatment, should they become incapable of doing so themselves at some point in the future. It must be made while the Donor is of sound mind and can relate to any decisions about the Donor's healthcare and welfare, or can be limited to specific decisions. The Attorney(s) can only make decisions that are in the Donor's best interests.
A Personal Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney cannot be used until it has been registered with the Office of the Public Guardian. It can be registered at any time after it has been made, but the benefit of registering it shortly after it has been made is that it will be ready to be used by the Attorney(s) when it is needed.
You can choose as many Attorneys as you wish.
A Personal Welfare Attorney does not have the power to make decisions
with regard to the Donor's property and financial affairs unless
the Attorney is also appointed as a Property and Affairs Attorney.
The Personal Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney
document incorporates a certificate which must be signed by an independent
person chosen by the Donor who must confirm that, in his/her opinion,
the Donor is making the Lasting Power of Attorney of their own free
will and that the Donor understands its purpose and the powers they
are giving to the Attorney(s).
A Lasting Power of Attorney may be revoked using a Deed of Revocation at any time, either before or after registration, while the Donor still has mental capacity. It is necessary to inform the Attorney(s) of the revocation as the Attorneys' authority does not cease until they receive notice of the revocation. A copy of the Deed of Revocation should be sent to each Attorney. If the Power of Attorney has been registered then a copy should also be sent to the Office of the Public Guardian, stating that the Attorney(s) have been notified.
The document package includes guidance on
completion and how to register the document with the Office of the
Public Guardian, the forms required for registration and a Deed
of Revocation which can be used at any time while the Donor still
has mental capacity. Please note that the registration forms could
be out of date by the time you come to register the Power of Attorney
so you should check with the Office of the Public Guardian that
the forms you have are still valid.
This Personal Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney package includes
the following documents which are suitable for use in England and
Wales:
- Deed of Revocation
- General guidance notes on LPAs
- Guidance notes on how to complete and register the LPA
- Personal Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney form
- Registration forms (LPA001 and LPA002).
The Deed of Revocation is provided in Word
Document (.doc) format. The other documents are provided in Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) format and you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader
(version 5.0 or above) installed on your computer to view and print
them. If you don't already have Acrobat Reader installed then you
can download and install it using the link at the bottom of this
page (it's free). The Adobe Acrobat forms should be printed and
completed by hand.
The price for this package is £11.28.
How to order
Order your Personal Welfare LPA package:
Personal
Welfare LPA package
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