Mental Capacity Act 2008 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Public Guardian and Board of Visitors
32A. Evidence of transaction with Public Guardian
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Despite any other written law or rule of law, any document prepared by the Public Guardian that —
Public Guardian
“Public Guardian” means the Public Guardian appointed under section 30(1) and, unless the context otherwise requires, includes any Assistant Public Guardian appointed under section 30(1A);
consists of information reproduced or extracted from any original document; and
contains a statement by the Public Guardian that the information is a true reproduction or extract of the original document,is in any proceedings admissible in evidence in place of and to the same extent as the original document, unless evidence to the contrary is adduced.
A copy of an instrument certified by the Public Guardian under paragraph 11 of the First Schedule to be a true copy of the original instrument registered to create a lasting power of attorney is —
lasting power of attorney
“lasting power of attorney” has the meaning given by section 11;
evidence of the contents of the original instrument on the date and time specified on that copy; and
evidence of the registration of the instrument by the Public Guardian on the date and time specified on that copy.
In this section, “original document” means a document that is filed or lodged with, submitted to, or issued by, the Public Guardian.