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about the information on this website or a service we provide and how you feel we could make it even, , more information about our complaints procedure is available from the Scottish Courts & Tribunals, us to carry out an investigation If your complaint is complicated or serious, then we might have to do an investigation to find out all of the facts If we do an investigation this may take up to 20
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From 27 January 2020 we will be adding a new check to our registration process to ensure that we have due jurisdiction to deal with a power of attorney (PoA) submitted for registration. Our new official registration form, required for postal submissions, includes four statements relating to the granter. The statement that applies will require to be identified: The granter lives in Scotland, 2020. The EPOAR facility will also be updated to allow the same information to be provided
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To commemorate Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the office will be closed on Thursday 2 June and Friday 3 June 2022. The office will re-open at 9am on Monday 6 June 2022. Apologies are offered in advance for any inconvenience caused
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The issue that some customers were experiencing with payments being declined in the EPOAR system has now been resolved and payments are being successfully processed again. We apologise for the inconvenience that this has caused and the time that it has taken to resolve this issue. If any customers experience further payment issues please contact us at epoar@scotcourts.gov.uk
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April 2025- March 2026 Registered by type Our target is to register 100% of guardianship orders within 10 working days of receipt of the final interlocutor or bond of caution April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar TOTAL Welfare
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encouraged and supported him to have as independent a life as possible. Like every other teenager James
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As of 24 October 2016, we will not make observations when an application is made for a welfare guardianship or welfare intervention order. This means that solicitor applicants will no longer receive a letter from us prior to the hearing date. We will continue to make observations for combined welfare and financial applications and provide a copy of our letter to solicitor applicants
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A scheme was launched to refund those who may have paid more than they should for applying to register powers of attorney in England and Wales. A similar refund scheme is not required for Scotland. The law relating to powers of attorney in Scotland is entirely separate; the fees charged in Scotland are assessed every three years and are currently £77, in total, for registration of a welfare and financial power of attorney. This fee will increase to £79 on 1 April 2019. If you have applied
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records. We suggest that you set up a folder to keep all of the information about your authority, circumstances change. This also includes any changes to addresses
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Due to a heating failure, OPG staff are prevented from working at our office today (Tuesday). Where possible, staff have been redeployed to work from home, however this does mean that it may take a bit longer to get through to speak to a member of staff by telephone.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused to our customers as a consequence of this. It is hoped that a normal service will resume tomorrow