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Version date: 26 April 2023 - onwards
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68. Application for registration of instrument creating enduring power

(1) The donor, or, with the donor's written consent, his or her attorney, shall, not later than 3 months after the date of the execution of an instrument creating an enduring power of attorney or the date of receipt of all completed supporting documentation, whichever is the later, make an application to the Director, in accordance with this Part and any regulations and specifications made thereunder, to register the instrument creating the enduring power of attorney.

(2) An application to register an instrument under subsection (1) shall be made in such form as specified by the Director under section 79A and accompanied by such fee as shall be prescribed.

(3) The donor, or, as the case may be, his or her attorney, shall, at the same time as he or she makes an application under subsection (1), give notice, in such form as shall be specified by the Director under section 79A, of the application and give a copy of the instrument creating an enduring power of attorney to the following persons:

(a) where the application was made by the attorney, the donor,