s 46 Payment by attorney under power without notice of death, etc., good
46.—(1) Any person making or doing any payment or act, in good faith, in pursuance of a power of attorney, shall not be liable in respect of the payment or act by reason that before the payment or act the donor of the power had died or become mentally disordered, or bankrupt, or had revoked the power, if the fact of death, mental disorder, bankruptcy or revocation was not at the time of the payment or act known to the person making or doing the same.[21/2008] (2) This section shall not affect any right against the payee of any person interested in the money so paid; and that person shall have the like remedy against the payee as he would have had against the payer if the payment had not been made by him. (3) In this section, “power of attorney” does not include a lasting power of attorney registered under the Mental Capacity Act 2008.[22/2008; 16/2016]