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power of attorney, PoA, post, submitting Power of attorney by post, By post The following documents form part of the postal submission: Signed PoA, form signed by the attorney. Registration fee, payable by cheque or postal order made payable, to a fee exemption. If using the Royal Mail postal service please make sure that the correct
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Correct postage, When sending mail to us please make sure you pay the correct postage as we are no longer able to accept and pay for underpaid items of mail
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Powers of attorney - Emergency measures for postal submissions, power of attorney (PoA) staff are working from home and processing PoAs electronically. Please note that for the foreseeable future the majority of registrable PoAs will be processed electronically even if they were sent to us via the postal system. What does this mean in practice? We will process PoAs electronically when 1) the registration criteria is met, and 2) where an email address has been, to contact the sender to obtain this. When we register the PoA electronically: 1. We will email
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Amending a registered Power of Attorney - Policy Change, changes to note: The Power of Attorney Amendment Policy 2012 will be replaced with the Power of Attorney Administrative Updates Policy 2023 available on the news page of the OPG website. From 30 October 2023 an administrative update made to a registered power of attorney will be accepted. This includes, approach to making amendments to a power of attorney deed. Feedback from the consultation exercise along with their own experience was considered. The policy has now been reviewed and simplified
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Legal Post mail to stop, As of 1st January 2018 we will no longer be sending mail via Legal Post. However we will continue to use the DX system to send documents to solicitors and professionals with DX mailboxes
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Review of the PoA Amendment Policy: Feedback from Solicitors sought, The PoA Amendment Policy was introduced in January 2012. The policy was developed as The Adults, to draw from we have decided to review our PoA Amendment Policy. This will allow us,
amongst other, , for example: To update a name or address of the granter or attorney To revoke a power, or powers, a power, or powers These amendments can be problematic, as there can be a number of alterations, is for all of the aforementioned reasons, we propose to simplify our PoA Amendment Policy and to increase
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Powers of Attorney and Specified Persons, Section 19(5)(b) of the AWI Act states that the granter can request us to issue copies of the registered power of attorney (PoA) document to “not more than two specified individuals or holders of specified offices or positions”. Therefore if copies are to be issued please ensure any specified persons are identified in the PoA document either by name or as is more usual, by definition of ‘my attorney(s)’
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New version of PoA registration form – postal submissions, A new version of the PoA registration form (postal submissions only) is now available, completed. We scan PoA documentation on to your case management system therefore please do not staple documentation. 39,282 postal PoAs were processed between April 2017- March 2018, that’s a lot, of the registered PoA by email. If the granter wishes to receive their copy by email an email address, in the PoA document may receive an electronic copy if a suitable email address has been provided
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Online powers of attorney on target, The increase in applications for Power of Attorney (PoA) is a positive indicator that more people are viewing PoA as a vital part of their long-term life planning. While the increasing numbers, have met our 30 day registration target for PoA applications made online using EPOAR, (Electronic Power of Attorney Registration) which accounts for 65% of applications. Postal applications, if there is a delay to registering PoAs. We want to reassure people that we can fast-track applications
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Special Measures to continue for Postal PoAs, Since March 2020 the majority of powers of attorney (PoA) have been processed electronically under current special measures. For the foreseeable future this practice will continue which means the majority of PoAs received via the postal system will be processed electronically. Please note that the electronic certificate of registration is a proper extract and is not a temporary certificate. It is as valid as those issued with the red seal. As this style of certificate of registration is valid