Policy Statements and Initiatives
DCA: The Government response to the public's views on proposed fees for the new Court of Protection and the Office of the Public Guardian has been published, setting the fees proposed for a range of improved services & safeguards, including £150 for registering the new key measure of a Lasting Power of Attorney.
Other fees include charges for:
- registering an Enduring Power of Attorney
- making an application to the court & for an oral hearing by the court, and
- for the setting up and supervision of court-appointed deputies
The fees structures will now go before Parliament in the summer and will come into effect on 1 October 2007 together with the Court of Protection and the Office of the Public Guardian.
Press release ~ Consultation & responses summary ~ Court of Protection ~ Office of the Public Guardian ~ Enduring Power of Attorney
