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Mental Capacity Act 2008 s 43A

Mental Capacity Act 2008 s 43A

s 43A Notification of change of address

43A.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), every donor and donee of a lasting power of attorney and every deputy appointed by the court must inform the Public Guardian in writing of —(a) where the donor, donee or deputy is an individual — any change in the place of residence of the donor, donee or deputy, as the case may be; and (b) where the donee or deputy is a person other than an individual — any change in the registered business address of the donee or deputy, as the case may be.[10/2016] (2) If a donor, donee or deputy changes his or her place of residence and reports the change under section 10 of the National Registration Act 1965, that donor, donee or deputy (as the case may be) is taken to have informed the Public Guardian of the change of that place of residence in accordance with subsection (1)(a).[10/2016] (3) Where a person (“P”) lacks capacity, a donee of a lasting power of attorney created by P or a deputy appointed by the court for P, as the case may be, may on P’s behalf inform the Public Guardian in writing of any change in P’s place of residence.[10/2016]

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