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• Updated: 22 December 2021

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…

Government takes action to strengthen Great Britain's energy regulator.

• Updated: 19 December 2024

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

Find out about relief from Excise Duty for users of fuel used to generate electricity ('Electricity Relief').

• Updated: 16 September 2024

Government incentives for CHP schemes

• Updated: 1 April 2019

Share a summary of a lasting power of attorney (LPA) with an organisation, add an LPA summary, generate access codes and keep track of which organisations can view an LPA summary.

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

Resilient energy networks are critical for energy security, and a strengthening of our electricity network will ensure we can meet challenges from an increasing diversified energy mix.

• Updated: 12 July 2016

• Updated: 22 February 2024