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involved. This gives the interested parties an opportunity to consider the terms of the application, know and will make further enquiries to gather information before coming to a decision. If we intend, is required to give notification of the application to interested parties including the adult. Those notified, . This is required to confirm the adult is incapable of making decisions about, or acting to safeguard, supporting evidence such as bills/invoices for the amounts being requested in the application. It
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The EPOAR website will be down for scheduled maintenance this evening between 5:30pm and 7:30pm. EPOAR will be inaccessible during this time.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause
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The OPG is able to receive reports and can inquire into the financial affairs of an incapable, the Court of Protection in England and Wales, indicated he was concerned that powers of attorney, on client instruction. This follows a detailed, and private, discussion between solicitor and granter. This legal involvement offers a significant protection. The style of PoAs in Scotland, on assessing capacity and taking instruction from this client group Sandra McDonald Public
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3 - outcome Outcome of the investigation Once all the evidence, information and interviews have been carried out, we will come to a view as to whether or not the adult’s property, at the end of an investigation? When an investigation is concluded all relevant parties involved, the adult's accounts or suspend income until it can be redirected for the benefit of the adult. If there is an indication of fraud or theft then the Public Guardian may refer the matter to the police
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There is currently an issue with some payments being declined in the EPOAR system, we are investigating this as a matter of urgency and apologise for the inconvenience this is causing
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for more information. If the adult or intervener dies If the adult dies after the intervention order has been granted and prior to the completion of the intervention order, as intervener, you, of circumstance Change of address You must inform us within 7 days if an adult or intervener changes address. Once we receive notification we will update our records. It, Notify the local authority or Mental Welfare Commission where applicable. If an intervener dies
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with processing PoA demand. The number received figures show that there has been a 21% increase in demand in recent years, and a 53% increase over the five years included in the table below. OPG is now processing more than 300 new PoAs each working day. Increased volumes bring a rise, There have a number of developments and initiatives with PoAs and this article offers a round-up, which have been caused by this large increase in volumes. You will notice turnaround times
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EPOAR users - we kindly ask that Extra care is taken when inputting the granter and attorney details. Please note that the details you input will appear on the certificate of registration. You check that the submission has not already been sent to us by a colleague. We ask this as there has been an increase in the number of duplicate submissions being sent by different people in firms. Your assistance with the above is appreciated
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of attorney that are to begin or continue in the event of incapacity. supervise those individuals who, with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 received Royal Assent. We have a general function to: Maintain a public register of powers of attorney that have been registered, guardianship and intervention, so for themselves. investigate circumstances made known to us where the property or finances belonging to an incapable adult appear to be at risk
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The new measures introduced by the Government to slow down the spread of the Coronavirus infection means we are now operating with a reduced workforce.
Please note that we will be prioritising work to ensure that essential services are maintained as far as possible. Any urgent enquiries should be clearly marked as URGENT, explaining the reason for the urgency, and emailed to opg@scotcourts.gov.uk. Thank you for your patience