Lasting power of attorney - health and welfare. I think we've made an error...

Primrose

While not wishing to detract or divert from the current discussion can anybody advise whether recent  Pof A,s like this can now be downloaded with a code provided by the Office of Public  Guardian  so they can be automatically transferred to the intended user.without a paper copy being necessary?

DigForVictory

As far as I know, the signature/witness  aspect does mean printouts are mandatory, but I could be wrong.

Malthusian

Primrose said:

While not wishing to detract or divert from the current discussion can anybody advise whether recent  Pof A,s like this can now be downloaded with a code provided by the Office of Public  Guardian  so they can be automatically transferred to the intended user.without a paper copy being necessary?

Yes. See https://www.gov.uk/use-lasting-power-of-attorney.
Assuming the organisation / person you are trying to send the POA to is happy to use the service.

Primrose

Our Pof A was registered before 2016.  One wonders when the powers thst be will enable earlier ones to be similarly treated given the hassle to lodge them with financial and other institutions especially given that banks have closed so many branches, involving long journey for many attorneys.  It,s really time government services were modernised.