Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015

F78[Provisions regarding trust corporations

58A

58A. (1) The Director shall, with the consent of the Minister, specify from time to time the procedural requirements that a trust corporation shall be required to fulfil—

(a) on an application for registration of an instrument creating an enduring power of attorney in which the trust corporation is named as an attorney in order for the Director to be satisfied as to the suitability for appointment of the trust corporation as attorney, and

(b) on a notification by an attorney under section 71A.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Director may, with the consent of the Minister, specify the following matters:

(a) the information and documents that are to be provided by the trust corporation to the Director on an application for registration of an instrument creating an enduring power of attorney, which may include—

(i) an affidavit, or a statement of truth within the meaning of section 21 of the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020, that the trust corporation can lawfully act as such and an undertaking to notify the Director forthwith if this changes at any time throughout the duration of the appointment as attorney,

(ii) information and supporting documents to demonstrate the internal management of the trust corporation and the supervision and controls operated by it, in particular with regard to—

(I) the decision making process of the trust corporation,

(II) the manner in which the trust corporation may hold a donor’s assets and funds, and

(III) the manner in which those assets and funds may be paid out,

(iii) the total amount of assets and funds of donors held by the trust corporation and the level of insurance cover that the trust corporation has and shall maintain in respect of loss, through dishonesty, breach of duty, negligence or any other cause, to the assets and funds, and

(iv) information regarding any additional regulation to which that the trust corporation is and will be subject,

(b) the information and documents required to be provided to demonstrate the identity and manner of authorisation of the persons authorised to carry out any or all of the actions referred to in subsection (3), and

(c) the information and documents to be provided to the Director on notification under section 71A, in particular regarding the authorisation of any further persons to whom paragraph (b) refers.

(3) Any officer authorised for the purpose by a trust corporation or the directors or governing body thereof (in this section referred to as an "authorised officer") may, on behalf of the corporation, swear affidavits, give security and do any other act or thing which the Director or an enduring power of attorney may require, and the acts of an authorised officer shall be binding on the trust corporation.

(4) The requirement in section 59(1) regarding the minimum age of an attorney shall not apply to a trust corporation.]

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F78

Inserted (26.04.2023) by Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (46/2022), s. 50, S.I. No. 194 of 2023.