ResponsibilitiesPublic Guardian:responsibilitiesPublic GuardianOffice of the Public Guardian
20.4Under MCA 2005 s58(1), the Public Guardian is responsible for:
a)establishing and maintaining a register of lasting powers of attorney,
b)establishing and maintaining a register of orders appointing deputies,
c)supervising deputies appointed by the court,
d)directing a Court of Protection Visitor to visit–
i)a donee of a lasting power of attorney,
ii)a deputy appointed by the court, or
iii)the person granting the power of attorney or for whom the deputy is appointed (‘P’), and to make a report to the Public Guardian on such matters as he may direct,
(e)receiving security which the court requires a person to give for the discharge of his functions,
(f)receiving reports from donees of lasting powers of attorney and deputies appointed by the court,
(g)reporting to the court on such matters relating to proceedings under this Act as the court requires,
(h)dealing with representations (including complaints) about the way in which a donee of a lasting power of attorney or a deputy appointed by the court is exercising his powers,
(i)publishing, in any manner the Public Guardian thinks appropriate, any information he thinks appropriate about the discharge of his functions.