Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales)

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government agency public body

The Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) is a government body that protects people who lack mental capacity by overseeing deputies and lasting powers of attorney and maintaining related public registers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Office of the Public Guardian	2
Public Guardianship Office	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ public body ⓘ
canApplyTo	Court of Protection ⓘ remove deputies ⓘ suspend deputies ⓘ vary deputyship orders ⓘ
collects	registration fees for lasting powers of attorney ⓘ supervision fees from deputies ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDuty	protect people who lack mental capacity ⓘ safeguard the interests of people who may lack capacity to make certain decisions ⓘ support the Public Guardian in carrying out statutory functions ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Birmingham ⓘ England ⓘ
inception	2007 ⓘ
investigates	concerns about the actions of attorneys ⓘ concerns about the actions of deputies ⓘ
isPartOf	justice system of England and Wales ⓘ
issues	forms for lasting powers of attorney ⓘ guidance for deputies ⓘ guidance on making and registering lasting powers of attorney ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Mental Capacity Act 2005 ⓘ Mental Capacity Act 2005 ⓘ surface form: Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice
maintainsRegisterOf	court‑appointed deputies ⓘ enduring powers of attorney ⓘ lasting powers of attorney ⓘ
monitors	attorneys under enduring powers of attorney ⓘ attorneys under lasting powers of attorney ⓘ deputies ⓘ
oversees	deputies appointed by the Court of Protection ⓘ health and welfare deputies ⓘ property and financial affairs deputies ⓘ
parentOrganization	Ministry of Justice ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)
provides	public search of registers of powers of attorney and deputies ⓘ
regulates	enduring powers of attorney ⓘ lasting powers of attorney ⓘ
replaced	Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Public Guardianship Office
serviceArea	adult safeguarding ⓘ deputyship ⓘ mental capacity ⓘ powers of attorney ⓘ
supervises	panel deputies ⓘ
website	https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-public-guardian ⓘ
worksWith	Court of Protection ⓘ local authorities in England and Wales ⓘ safeguarding bodies ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ministry of Justice → oversees → Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Public Guardian

Ministry of Justice → parentDepartmentOf → Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Public Guardian

Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) → replaced → Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Public Guardianship Office

Secretary of State for Justice → responsibleFor → Office of the Public Guardian (England and Wales) ⓘ