PART IIIAPPLICATIONS

Searches of the register and copies of registered enduring powers of attorney

14.—(1) On payment of the appropriate fee, any person shall be entitled to request the Public Trustee in Form EP4 to search the register and to state whether an enduring power of attorney has been registered and the Public Trustee shall so state in Form EP5.

(2) The court or the Public Trustee may supply any person with an office copy of a registered enduring power of attorney if satisfied that he has good reason for requesting a copy and that it is not reasonably practicable to obtain a copy from the attorney.

(3) For the purposes of this rule, an office copy is a photocopy or a facsimile copy of an enduring power of attorney, marked as an office copy and sealed.

(4) An office copy of an enduring power of attorney need not contain the explanatory information endorsed on the original power.