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Contacting the Power of Attorney and Investigations team, The Power of Attorney and Investigations Team will not be operating a telephone helpline service today. This measure will allow us more dedicated time to process powers of attorney during a period of peak staff leave. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause
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Contacting the Power of Attorney and Investigations team, The Power of Attorney and Investigations Team will not be operating a telephone helpline service today. This measure will allow us more dedicated time to process powers of attorney during a period of peak staff leave. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause
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Contacting the Power of Attorney and Investigations team, The Power of Attorney and Investigations Team will not be operating a telephone helpline service on Tuesdays over the next few weeks. This measure will allow us more dedicated time to process powers of attorney during a period of peak staff leave. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause
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Power of attorney performance 2016, Search Power of attorney performance April 2016 - March 2017 Number of requests received / registered expedited powers of attorney Our target is to register 100% of expedited powers of attorney 'on cause shown' within 2 working days of the request for expediting April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
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National power of attorney day, This year’s national Power of Attorney day is being held on the 23rd November 2023. The event is being organised by mypowerofattorney.org.uk, they will be running an online campaign over the coming weeks. If you are interested in learning more there are handy videos being hosted on Enterprise Screen website
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New robust approach – PoA Schedule 1 Certificate, Please note that we are taking a more robust approach with regard to the completion of the power of attorney certificate. You may find therefore that the deed is returned to you so that, what may seem like minor typographical errors or inconsistencies in granter and attorney names, can be corrected prior to registration. Similarly where section 3 is incomplete or where the wrong box is ticked, and fund-holders have proved reluctant to deal with the registered power of attorney because
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Expedited PoA registration service – EPOAR submissions, We offer an expedited registration service for PoAs that need to be processed urgently. If an EPOAR submission is to be expedited, you must complete the full process including paying the fee before requesting the PoA is considered for expedited processing. All requests for expedited processing, to be emailed to OPG@scotcourts.gov.uk along with the reason why the case should be prioritised and processed before others currently in the queue. You should receive a response advising whether
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Power of attorney performance 2024 2025, Search Office of the Public Guardian - Expedited Powers of Attorney April 2024 - March 2025 Number of requests received / registered Our target is to register 100% of expedited powers of attorney within 5 working days of the request for expediting. This applies where, on cause shown, there is an urgent need for a power of attorney
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Power of attorney performance 2019/2020, Search Office of the Public Guardian - Expedited Powers of Attorney April 2019 - March 2020 Number of requests received / registered Our target is to register 100% of expedited powers of attorney within 2 working days of the request for expediting. April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar TOTAL
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Power of attorney performance 2020/2021, Search Office of the Public Guardian - Expedited Powers of Attorney April 2020 - March 2021 Number of requests received / registered Our target is to register 100% of expedited powers of attorney within 2 working days of the request for expediting. April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar TOTAL