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Scotland issues update for week commencing 14 July 2020 on PoA processing times

Published on: 14 July 2020
Published by LNB News

LNB News 14/07/2020

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Issue Date: 14 July 2020

Published Date: 14 July 2020

Jurisdiction(s): Scotland

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Scotland's Office of the Public Guardian has published an update on Powers of Attorney (PoAs) to be processed the week commencing 14 July 2020. The update states that the Office of the Public Guardian aims to process PoAs within 30 days of receiving them. Following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic the Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland) is focusing on critical work, including Electronic Power of Attorney Registration submissions received on 16 January 2020 and postal submissions received around 13 January 2020. There is an expedited registration service available for any PoAs that are urgent, examples of urgent PoAs include where the granter has lost capacity and urgent decisions need to be made and where the granter is at risk of financial harm.

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