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1. publicguardian.blog.gov.uk › 2024/02/13 › yourYour questions answered: attorneys, witnesses and certificate ...

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   Feb 13, 2024 · Who can witness an LPA? A donor’s signature must be witnessed by: someone aged 18 or over. not a named attorney or replacement attorney.

2. www.gov.uk › government › publicationsAvoiding errors when completing a lasting power of attorney form

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   • Summary
   • About this guidance
   • Using the correct form for your LPA
   • Printing your LPA
   • The certificate provider
   • Making mistakes and making corrections to your LPA
   • Donor and attorney details
   • Health and welfare: life-sustaining treatment (section 5)

   A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that lets you (the ‘donor’) appoint one or more people (known as ‘attorneys’) to help you make decisions or to make decisions on your behalf.

   This gives you more control over what happens to you if you have an accident or an illness and cannot make your own decisions (you ‘do not have mental capacity’).

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   This guide will help you complete the LPA forms and avoid making common mistakes.

   In this guide ‘you’ means the donor.

   It’s important that the LPA forms are filled out correctly. The attorneys you have appointed may not be able to make important decisions for you if there is an error in the LPA.

   If you make an error on your LPA, it could mean:

   •a delay in the registration process

   •your LPA is not legally valid

   See full list on gov.uk

   There are two LPA forms:

   •LP1F for property and financial affairs

   •LP1H for health and welfare decisions

   Most sections in the forms are similar. Make sure you have:

   •the correct pages for your type of LPA

   •all pages numbered 1 to 20, including the information page (section 8, page 9)

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   The easiest way to complete an LPA is to use OPG’s ‘Make a lasting power of attorney’ online service. It helps guide you through the process and can help reduce errors. At the end you will need to print the form so that it can be signed and dated. The online service is only available in English.

   Alternatively, you may decide to print the forms to fill in yourself. If you cannot print the forms yourself, you can request an LPA pack to be sent to your address by calling our contact centre on 0300 456 0300.

   The LPA is a legal form so needs to be clearly printed; the forms should match how they look online. Please make sure your PDF software is updated to prevent possible issues.

   Check everything on the form before you print it, including details that have been pre-populated if you have made your LPA online. You must make sure all the words are printed on the correct pages and do not follow on to the next page.

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   Certificate providers are impartial people who confirm you understand what you are doing, and that nobody is forcing you to make the LPA.

   You must choose a certificate provider who is impartial. Being impartial means the certificate provider can judge or consider the LPA fairly without allowing their own interest to influence their role. Examples of people that won’t be accepted are: family members, an attorney, your employee.

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   Your attorneys will need to show your LPA document to third parties when they begin to act for you. Therefore, it’s important that all the details on the LPA are correct.

   Do not use any type of correction fluid or stickers as OPG won’t be able to register your LPA and you will have to pay again for a new LPA.

   Each mistake on an LPA form needs to be corrected and initialled.

   The person who made the mistake must initial (write their initials next to) the correction. This is shown in the examples below.

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   You need to make sure all the details for yourself and your attorneys are correct. These include:

   •full name (the name on your identification document(s))

   •date of birth in the format DD/MM/YYYY

   •address and postcode

   You will write this information in section 1 and section 2 of the form. This also relates to section 4 if you decide to have replacement attorneys.

   If you have made a mistake, for example you’ve written a wrong date of birth, please refer to the ‘Making mistakes and making corrections to your LPA’ section of this guidance.

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   You must choose either option A or option B. You must only sign and date one option.

   This section has a different layout to the other sections of the LPA form. The difference is how the witness details are laid out. They go across the bottom of the form.

   You need to make sure the witness gives their full name and address, and signs in the correct box:

   This section has to be filled out correctly for the LPA to be valid. Any errors on this page may result in you having to make a new LPA and paying the fee again.

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3. publicguardian.blog.gov.uk › 2020/01/10 › get-itGet it right the first time - hints and tips to help you ...

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   • Missing and m ixing pages. When people make more than one LPA application – for example, if they take out a health and welfare LPA and property and finance LPA together or make an a pplication alongside a partner – sometimes they unintentionally mix up the pages on the different form s. It’s important to take the time to review your applications to check the numbering and make sure you have the correct pages of the forms before you send them to us.
   • Signing the application in the wrong order. Many LPA applications we receive are signed in wrong order. If you’ve used continuation sheets (part of section 1 - 9) these need to be signed and dated at the same time.
   • F amily members as c ertificate providers. Make sure those signing as certificate providers have distinctly separate relationships from donors, attorneys and replacement attorneys.
   • Using i nitials instead of full names and not signing in the appropriate boxes. We’ve received many applications where people have signed the sticky labels or notes that solicitors have used for guidance, rather than in the signature box itself.

4. publicguardian.blog.gov.uk › 2024/02/13 › yourYour questions answered: Completing forms – Office of the ...

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   Feb 13, 2024 · Attorneys and/or replacement attorneys sign. The witness signs to verify the attorneys and/or replacement attorneys’ signature. You can find more detail on the order of signing and how to fill...

5. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk › governmentForm LP1H Lasting power of attorney - GOV.UK

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   Witnesses You can’t witness your attorneys’ signatures and they can’t witness yours. Anyone else over 18 years old can be a witness. People to notify ‘People to notify’ add security. They...

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6. www.gov.uk › make-a-lasting-power-of-attorneyLasting power of attorney forms - GOV.UK

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   Jun 25, 2013 · Download the forms and guidance to make and register a lasting power of attorney (LPA).

7. People also ask

   Can a person be a witness if a lawyer stops acting?

   • You can’t witness your attorneys’ signatures and they can’t witness yours. Anyone else over 18 years old can be a witness. You don’t have to appoint replacement attorneys but they help protect your LPA. Without them, your LPA might not work if one of your original attorneys stops acting for you. ‘People to notify’ add security.

   Form LP1H Lasting power of attorney - GOV.UK

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   Who can witness an attorney signature?

   • Ideally the witness of the attorney will be someone over 18 and independent. The certificate provider can witness, as can attorneys/replacements (witness each others). Who cannot witness the attorneys signatures? The donor can not witness the attorney’s signatures. When do the attorneys sign?

   Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) – The Complete Guide

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   How do I be a witness in a criminal case?

   • Witnesses must be aged 18 years or over and give their full name and address. Full name means first name (s) and last name, for example ‘John Michael Smith’. Make sure every signature is witnessed for the following sections: The witness for section 5 cannot be an attorney. The witness for section 9 cannot be an attorney.

   Avoiding errors when completing a lasting power of attorney form

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   How do I get a lasting powers of attorney?

   • Visit the lasting powers of attorney form page to view how the forms should look. If your LPA forms do not match how they look online, you must re-print them or print the forms directly from the website. Certificate providers are impartial people who confirm you understand what you are doing, and that nobody is forcing you to make the LPA.

   Avoiding errors when completing a lasting power of attorney form

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   Who can witness a donor's signature?

   • A donor’s signature must be witnessed by: An attorney’s signature must be witnessed by: Attorneys or replacement attorneys can witness each other’s signature but not the donor’s. Signatures can’t be witnessed online and must be done in person.

   Your questions answered: attorneys, witnesses and certificate providers

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   Can a certificate provider be a witness?

   • Yes. A certificate provider can be a witness if they are over the age of 18 and not the donor. I have been asked to act as attorney for my mother's LPA.

   Your questions answered: attorneys, witnesses and certificate providers

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8. qlaw.co.uk › power-of-attorney › lasting-power-ofLasting Power of Attorney (LPA) – The Complete Guide

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   Sep 7, 2023 · Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) allows you (the ‘donor’) to nominate people (attorney) to act on your behalf should you become unable to look after your own affairs. There are two types of LPA: Property & Finance; and Health & Care.