POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 - SECT 43 Appointment of 1 or more eligible attorneys

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 - SECT 43

43 Appointment of 1 or more eligible attorneys

(1) Only a person who is an eligible attorney may be appointed as an attorney by an enduring document.

Note—

See section 29 (Meaning of
"eligible attorney" ).

(2) A principal may appoint 1 or more of the following—

(a) a single attorney for a matter or all matters;

(b) different attorneys for different matters;

(c) a person to act as an attorney for a matter or all matters in a circumstance stated in the enduring document;

(d) alternative attorneys for a matter or all matters so power is given to a particular attorney only in a circumstance stated in the enduring document;

(e) successive attorneys for a matter or all matters so power is given to a particular attorney only when power given to a previous attorney ends;

(f) joint or several, or joint and several, attorneys for a matter or all matters;

(g) 2 or more joint attorneys for a matter or all matters, being a number less than the total number of attorneys for the matter or all matters.

(3) However, a principal may not appoint more than 4 joint attorneys for a matter under an enduring power of attorney.