POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 - SECT 77 Attorney has maximum power if not otherwise stated

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 - SECT 77

77 Attorney has maximum power if not otherwise stated

To the extent an enduring document does not state otherwise, an attorney is taken to have the maximum power that could be given to the attorney by the enduring document.

Example—

If an adult’s enduring power of attorney merely states that ‘I appoint [full name] as my attorney’, the appointee is taken to have power for all financial matters and all personal matters for the adult.