{"id":88579,"date":"2018-02-01T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=de8745c92a151d27a619fbd5762e9ae5"},"modified":"2018-02-01T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:45:00","slug":"news-story-power-of-attorney-fee-refund-scheme-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=88579","title":{"rendered":"News story: Power of attorney fee refund scheme launched"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The refunds are being offered to those who may have been charged more than was necessary to apply to register lasting or enduring powers of attorney between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2017.<\/p>\n

During this period, the Office of the Public Guardian\u2019s (OPG<\/abbr>) operating costs came down as more people applied to register a power of attorney and the process became more efficient, but the application fee charged was not reduced in line with this.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Justice, which sets OPG<\/abbr>\u2019s fees, reduced the application fee with effect from 1 April 2017, and has now launched a refund scheme for those who paid a higher fee in the qualifying period. The scheme will be run by OPG<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Making a claim is quick and simple using the online service. Only one form needs to be completed for each donor and OPG<\/abbr> will find all power of attorney application fees paid by the donor during the qualifying period.<\/p>\n

Full guidance for those applying is available online, and there is a dedicated refunds service helpline for those who need it. Call OPG<\/abbr>\u2019s contact centre on 0300 456 0300* and select option 6 to be put through to the refunds team.<\/p>\n

Prior to launch the online service was extensively tested with a wide range of eligible donors and attorneys. OPG<\/abbr> continues to work with stakeholders to make sure those affected know about the refunds service and are able to make a claim.<\/p>\n

If you, or someone you are acting for, thinks they may be eligible, please visit www.gov.uk\/power-of-attorney-refund<\/a> for more details and to make a claim.<\/p>\n

*Lines are open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9am to 5pm and Wednesday from 10am to 5pm. Please select option 6 if calling. Visit www.gov.uk\/call-charges<\/a> for call charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All those eligible for a partial refund on their power of attorney fees can apply from today (1 February 2018).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88579"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88600,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88579\/revisions\/88600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}