Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988, ss 97(5), 98(3)
Your personal care and welfare attorney can make their own assessment of you, and if they believe on reasonable grounds that you are no longer mentally capable, they can start making minor decisions on your behalf.
However, they can’t make any significant decisions about your care or welfare on your behalf without getting a doctor (or other health professional) to assess you and provide a medical certificate. A “significant” care and welfare decision is one that will, or probably will, have a significant effect on your health, well-being, or enjoyment of life – for example, deciding whether you should go into residential care, or have a major medical operation.
Your property attorney cannot make any decisions until:
the time at which you’ve decided that you want your property EPA to kick in, or
a doctor (or other health professional) has assessed you and provided a medical certificate.