An EPA is a legal document that only takes effect when the donor loses capacity. This document must be registered with the High Court by the attorney. Only then does the attorney have the power to make decisions and sign legal documents on the donor's behalf. Until then, the EPA has no effect and the donor may cancel it.
The EPA may give general authority to the attorney to do anything that the attorney may lawfully do or alternatively, it may simple give authority to carry out specific acts on the donor's behalf.
The attorney may make certain personal care decisions on behalf of the donor. Such decisions must be in the donor's best interests, be in accordance with what the donor would have been likely to do and the attorney must consult family members and carers in making these decisions.
The attorney is considered to be acting in your best interests if they reasonably believe that what they decide is in the donor's best interests.
A personal care decision is a decision concerning one or
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