S.I. No. 287/1996 - Enduring Powers of Attorney (Personal Care Decisions) Regulations, 1996
S.I. No. 287 of 1996. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ENDURING POWERS OF ATTORNEY (PERSONAL CARE DECISIONS) REGULATIONS, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I, Mervyn Taylor, Minister for Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5 (2) of the Powers of Attorney Act, 1996 (No. 12 of 1996), hereby make the following regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Enduring Powers of Attorney (Personal Care Decisions) Regulations, 1996. 2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 7th day of October, 1996. 3. (1) The Enduring Powers of Attorney Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 196 of 1996 ), are hereby amended by the deletion from Part B of the Second Schedule of the sentence "I intend that this power shall continue even if I become mentally incapable" and the substitution of the following: "I intend this power to be effective during any subsequent mental incapacity of mine.". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) The said Part B, as so amended, is set out for convenience in the Annex to these Regulations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) The said amendment is made without prejudice to the validity of the original form contained in instruments made before the commencement of these Regulations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ANNEX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SECOND SCHEDULE, ENDURING POWERS OF ATTORNEY REGULATIONS, 1996, NEW PART B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PART B [TO BE COMPLETED BY THE "DONOR" (THE PERSON APPOINTING THE ATTORNEY(S])] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Do not sign this form unless you understand what it means. If you are in any doubt you should obtain legal advice. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[Note - Anything in this Part in square brackets is for guidance only and may be retained, deleted or omitted as appropriate.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Given under my Official Seal this 26th day of September, 1996. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MERVYN TAYLOR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister for Equality and Law Reform. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
These Regulations bring Part B of the prescribed form of an enduring power of attorney which relates to personal care decisions into exact conformity with the corresponding form in the First Schedule to the Enduring Powers of Attorney Regulations, 1996. |