Applications and procedure for registration
4.—(1) An application to the Public Guardian for the registration of an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney—
(a)must be made in a form specified by regulations or by the Public Guardian in accordance with regulations; and
(b)must include any prescribed information.
(2) The application may be made—
(a)by the donor;
(b)by the intended attorney or intended attorneys; or
(c)if there are two or more intended attorneys who are to act jointly and severally in respect of any matter, by any of them.
(3) The application must be accompanied by—
(a)the instrument; and
(b)any fee provided for under section 116 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.
5. Subject to paragraphs 10 to 14, on an application under paragraph 4 the Public Guardian must register the instrument as a lasting power of attorney at the end of the prescribed period.