Enduring Power of Attorney

snowmen

Has anyone any experience of setting up Enduring POAs in N.I themselves?
Reading up on some of the blurb it seems like you don't have to register them straight away as you are recommended to do in the rest of GB - you just do this when you actually need to use them.
So I wonder if it might be worthwhile going through Which Wills or a similar process to keep the cost down rather than going to a solicitor?

penguin10

Hi - I have been looking into this too - info is not easy to find for NI compared to England!
I have a thread here with some info that might be useful to you
Power of Attorney in NI — MoneySavingExpert Forum

snowmen

penguin10 said:

Hi - I have been looking into this too - info is not easy to find for NI compared to England!
I have a thread here with some info that might be useful to you
Power of Attorney in NI — MoneySavingExpert Forum

Thanks for this!
The information is so confusing tbh - as is the difference in cost compared to the rest of the UK.
So am I right in thinking that there only one PoA in Northern Ireland compared to the two in GB but this covers both health and financial?
Because you don't have register the PoA in N. Ireland until you need to use it, I would like to do it in the most cost effective way.

penguin10

The info is not as freely available as for rest of UK that's for sure!
I emailed epa@courtsni.gov.uk who were very helpful and provided this info:

 relevant web links for all information in relation to EPAs in NI including the link to the ‘forms’ required and confirm this does not require a Solicitor – you should also be aware that once executed the EPA is held until the Donor has lost or is losing mental capacity – it is only at this stage that it requires registration with the Court

https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/articles/information-enduring-powers-attorney-epa

https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/publications/epa-notes-and-forms

NOTE – In Northern Ireland an EPA only covers Finance and Property – you should contact your relevant Trust for advice on Health & Wellbeing.

I asked this and they answered yes this was correct.
In summary, if I am currently 'healthy' & appoint my son to have PoA, its just a matter of completing a form and that form stays here with me and my son will be aware of it?  Then if I should lose mental capacity, my son then sends this form to you so it is registered and pays the relevant fee.