The Lasting Powers of Attorney, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Public Guardian Regulations 2007

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Mental Capacity Act 2005;

“court” means the Court of Protection;

“LPA certificate”, in relation to an instrument made with a view to creating a lasting power of attorney, means the certificate which is required to be included in the instrument by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(e) of Schedule 1 to the Act;

“named person”, in relation to an instrument made with a view to creating a lasting power of attorney, means a person who is named in the instrument as being a person to be notified of any application for the registration of the instrument;

“prescribed information”, in relation to any instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney, means the information contained in the form used for the instrument which appears under the heading “prescribed information”.