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Acting as an attorney - duties, including finding an enduring power of attorney, registering an EPA, starting to act, making gifts and stopping being an attorney

• Overview

  You can help make or make decisions about someone’s property and money if…

• Register an enduring power of attorney

  You must register the enduring power of attorney (EPA) as soon as the…

• Check an enduring power is legal

  You can only use an enduring power of attorney (EPA) if it was made…

• When there's more than one attorney

  Check the enduring power of attorney (EPA) form to find out how many…

• Your duties

  You’re responsible for helping the donor to make decisions for things like…

• Payment and expenses

  Unless you’re a professional attorney, you will not normally be paid for…

• Stop acting as an attorney

  You’ll stop acting as the donor’s attorney if: the donor dies - the…

Using a registered lasting power of attorney (LPA) - attorney duties, starting to act, gifting, ending, revoking an attorney.

• Overview

  You can make decisions on someone’s behalf if they appoint you using a…

• Property and financial affairs attorneys

  As a property and financial affairs attorney, you make (or help the donor…

• Health and welfare attorneys

  As a health and welfare attorney, you make (or help the donor make)…

• Use a lasting power of attorney

  If you’re an attorney or the donor on an LPA, you can use this service to:…

• Prove you're an attorney on a lasting power of attorney

  Any company or organisation you deal with on behalf of the donor can ask…

• Attorney records and duties

  Keep a record of: important decisions you make and when you make them, for…

• Changes you need to report

  You must tell the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) if: you or the donor…

• When a lasting power of attorney ends

  A lasting power of attorney (LPA) can end in several ways. Usually it ends…

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• Updated: 4 February 2026

How to make a lasting power of attorney (LPA): starting an application online, choosing an attorney, certifying a copy, changing an LPA.

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• Updated: 8 December 2025

How to stop being an attorney under a lasting power of attorney (LPA).

How to object to the registration of a lasting or enduring power of attorney - including forms and fees

A new Secretary of State power to strengthen public confidence in the parole system.

• Updated: 2 February 2026

The security of key military sites will be strengthened as Defence personnel will be given stronger powers to defeat drones near bases as part of new measures being introduced in the Armed Forces Bill.

• Updated: 2 February 2026

Official samples of lasting powers of attorney and an enduring power of attorney.

• Updated: 26 July 2024