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Version date: 26 April 2023 - onwards
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78. Removal of instrument from the Register

(1) The Director shall remove from the Register an instrument creating an enduring power of attorney where -

(a) there has been a revocation in accordance with section 73A, or

(b) subject to subsection (2), the attorney appointed under the instrument becomes disqualified, dies, resigns from his or her role as attorney or is unable to act.

(2)In the circumstances described in subsection (1)(b), where there is at least one attorney remaining due to -

(a) the donor having appointed more than one attorney under an enduring power of attorney, or

(b) the donor having specified a person to act as attorney for him or her in the event that the attorney on whom the authority is conferred is disqualified, dies, resigns from his or her role as attorney or is unable to act,