Statutory Instruments
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
MENTAL HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
7th September 1999
Laid before Parliament
8th September 1999
Coming into force
1st October 1999
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by sections 106 and 108 of the Mental Health Act 1983(1) and with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Rules:
1. These Rules may be cited as the Court of Protection (Enduring Powers of Attorney) (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 1st October 1999.
2. Column 2 of Schedule 2 to the Court of Protection (Enduring Powers of Attorney) Rules 1994(2) shall be amended as follows:
(a)the figure “£75” shall be substituted for the figure “£50 ”;
(b)the figure “£25” shall be substituted for the figure “£10 ”.
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
David Lock
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 6th September 1999
We consent
Bob Ainsworth
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 7th September 1999
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules increase the fees payable in respect of applications for registration of an enduring power of attorney and applications to search the register.
1983 c. 20; section 106 was applied by section 10(1)(d) of the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 (c. 29).
S.I. 1994/3047.