Copies of an LPA?
Posted: December 20th, 2023, 8:19 am
I have applied for LPAs in case I lose my marbles and my family needs to act for me. I understand that the OPG will send me this as a printed document, and give my attorneys a login to a system that allows them to give a code to organisations that does, er, something (that they should be given the power to act on my behalf I guess).
The banks, brokers, etc. I'm with say on their websites that they would want a "certified copy" of the LPA from me (assuming capacity) for my attorneys to act. They don't say if they'll return this, and none of them mention the gov.uk code system at all. So I'll assume that's not going to happen.
Reading this, it talks about a "copy" of the original:
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/certify
Do they mean I can photocopy the original, certify that, and send it off? I've been caught out by the word "copy" in legal situations before when it's meant some formal copying system involving a solicitor, seals etc., not the lay person's definition.
The banks, brokers, etc. I'm with say on their websites that they would want a "certified copy" of the LPA from me (assuming capacity) for my attorneys to act. They don't say if they'll return this, and none of them mention the gov.uk code system at all. So I'll assume that's not going to happen.
Reading this, it talks about a "copy" of the original:
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/certify
Do they mean I can photocopy the original, certify that, and send it off? I've been caught out by the word "copy" in legal situations before when it's meant some formal copying system involving a solicitor, seals etc., not the lay person's definition.