Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015

73

Revocation and variation of enduring power

73. F104[(1) An enduring power of attorney that has been registered under section 69 may be varied or revoked by the donor where the instrument creating the enduring power of attorney has not been the subject of a notification under section 71A that has been accepted by the Director under section 71C.]

(2) A variation or revocation under subsection (1) shall be done in such form as shall be F104[specified by the Director under section 79A].

(3) Subject to section 60(3), a revocation or variation of an enduring power of attorney shall be signed by the donor and his or her signature shall be acknowledged by 2 witnesses and section 60(4) shall apply with the necessary modifications.

(4) A variation or revocation of an enduring power of attorney shall be accompanied by the following statements:

(a) by the donor, that he or she understands the implication of varying or revoking the enduring power, as the case may be;

(b) by a legal practitioner that, after interviewing the donor and making any necessary enquiries, he or she—

(i) is satisfied that the donor understands the implication of varying or revoking, as the case may be, the enduring power, and

(ii) has no reason to believe that the variation or revocation, as the case may be, is the result of fraud, coercion or undue pressure on the donor;

(c) F105[]

(d) F105[]

(e) by the attorney, F104[in the case of a variation, that he or she is aware of the variation] and undertakes to act accordingly.

F106[(4A) The donor shall, as soon as practicable after the revocation of an enduring power of attorney, give notice to the attorney, in the form specified by the Director under section 79A, of the revocation.

(4B) A variation of an enduring power of attorney may be made—

(a) subject to paragraph (b), at any time after the expiry of 6 months from the date of the registration of the instrument creating the enduring power under section 69, and

(b) where more than one variation is made, at intervals of at least 12 months from the date of the previous variation,

unless an earlier variation in the case of paragraph (a), or variation at more frequent intervals in the case of paragraph (b), is agreed by the Director.]

(5) F105[]

(6) F105[]

Annotations:

Amendments:

F104

Substituted (26.04.2023) by Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (46/2022), s. 61(a), (b), (c)(ii), S.I. No. 194 of 2023.

F105

Deleted (26.04.2023) by Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (46/2022), s. 61(c)(i), (e), S.I. No. 194 of 2023.

F106

Inserted (26.04.2023) by Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (46/2022), s. 61(d), S.I. No. 194 of 2023.