Grants someone the authority to manage financial affairs on your behalf for a temporary period or specific purpose.

Limited to financial matters (e.g., managing bank accounts, paying bills, or selling property).

Suitable when you’re temporarily unable to manage your finances, such as during travel or illness.

It ends automatically if you lose mental capacity or can be revoked at any time by you.

Allows someone to act on your behalf if you lose mental capacity or no longer want to make decisions yourself.

Property and Financial Affairs LPA: Deals with financial matters (e.g., managing accounts, property transactions, paying bills).

Covers decisions about healthcare, medical treatment, and personal welfare (e.g., where you live, consenting to treatment).

Must be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) to be valid.

Can only be revoked before it’s used or if you regain mental capacity and formally revoke it.

The predecessor to the LPA for financial matters.

No longer available to create (replaced by LPAs in 2007). However, existing EPAs remain valid if made before October 1, 2007.

Only for managing financial affairs. Must be registered if the donor loses mental capacity.

Grants authority for a single, specific transaction or decision, such as selling property or signing a contract.

Very limited and ends when the task is completed.

Automatically ends once the specified purpose is fulfilled.

To create any PoA, you must have mental capacity at the time of making it.

The attorney(s) must act in your best interests and follow any specified instructions.

Most PoAs can be revoked at any time, provided you still have mental capacity.