PART 6REGISTERED LAND: APPLICATIONS, DISPOSITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS ENTRIES

Execution by an attorney

Documents executed by attorney61

1

If any document executed by an attorney is delivered to the land registry, there must be produced to the registrar—

a

the instrument creating the power, or

b

a copy of the power by means of which its contents may be proved under section 3 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1971 M1, or

F1c

a document which under section 4 of the Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act 1940, paragraph 16 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, or paragraph 15(3) of Part 5 of Schedule 4 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c.9) is sufficient evidence of the contents of the power, or

d

a certificate by a conveyancer in Form 1.

F22

If an order or direction under section 22 or 23 of, or paragraph 16 of Part 5 of Schedule 4 to, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 has been made with respect to a power or the donor of the power or the attorney appointed under it, the order or direction must be produced to the registrar.

3

In this rule, “power” means the power of attorney.