POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2014 - SECT 33 How should an enduring power of attorney be executed?

POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 2014 - SECT 33

    (1)     An instrument creating an enduring power of attorney must be executed—

        (a)     by—

              (i)     the principal signing the instrument; or

              (ii)     a person, who is eligible to do so under section 34, signing the instrument in the presence of and at the direction of the principal; and

        (b)     by 2 persons—

              (i)     who are present and who witness the signing of the instrument; and

              (ii)     who sign and date the instrument in the presence of the principal and in the presence of each other; and

              (iii)     who certify in writing in the instrument in the manner required by section 36.

S. 33(2) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 92.

    (2)     For the purposes of this section, an enduring power of attorney may be executed by using the remote witnessing procedure and is a valid enduring power of attorney.

S. 33(3) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 92.

    (3)     For the purposes of this section, a signature may be an electronic signature if the remote witnessing procedure is used.

S. 33(4) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 92.

    (4)     For the purposes of this section "in the presence of" includes being present by audio visual link in accordance with the remote witnessing procedure.