PREPARATION FOR FORMS LP1F AND LP1H · MENTAL CAPACITY ACT 2005 · ENGLAND AND WALES
READ FIRSTThis is not a lasting power of attorney. An LPA can only be made on the official form, LP1F or LP1H, online or on paper, and it cannot be used until the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has registered it (Mental Capacity Act 2005, s. 9(2)(b) and Sch. 1 para. 1). This document prepares yours: Part A is your plan for each section of the form, Part B the wording for section 7, and Part C your statement of wishes and feelings, the one part you sign here. An LPA is legally binding only in England and Wales; this document is written for England and Wales.
PART AYour plan for the official forms. Each heading names the section of the form it fills. Write on the forms by hand in black or blue pen, never pencil.
A1 · The formsThe lasting powers of attorney in this plan: financial decisions, form LP1F — ; health and care decisions, form LP1H — .
A2 · Section 1 · You, the donorYour full name, , as it appears on your identity documents, and any other names you are known by, such as a married name; then your date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY) and your address with postcode. Clausebook never asks for your date of birth or address: they go on the form by hand. You must be 18 or over and have the mental capacity to make the LPA when you sign it (Mental Capacity Act 2005, s. 9(2)(c)). If someone helps you fill it in, every choice must still be yours.
A3 · Section 2 · Your attorneys and , each with full name, date of birth and address. An attorney must be 18 or over and have mental capacity; for the financial LPA, an attorney cannot be bankrupt or subject to a debt relief order (the form, section 2; Mental Capacity Act 2005, s. 10(1)–(2)). The order you write them in does not matter. Each form names its own attorneys; this plan has the same people on both.
A4 · Section 3 · How they decideHow your attorneys make decisions: .
A5 · Section 4 · A replacementOptional, and blank in this plan; leave the page in the form anyway. The form recommends that you consider a replacement attorney (the form, section 4; LP12, part A4).
A6 · Section 5 · When, and life-sustaining treatmentLP1F, section 5, when your attorneys can make decisions: .
LP1H, section 5, life-sustaining treatment: .
A7 · Section 6 · People to notifyOptional, and blank in this plan. When you sign section 9 you confirm that you have chosen not to notify anyone. People to notify add security: they can raise concerns about the LPA before it is registered, for example if they think you were under pressure (the form, section 6).
A8 · Section 7 · Preferences and instructionsCopy Part B, or leave section 7 blank. The form says most people leave it blank.
A9 · Section 10 · Your certificate providerYour certificate provider: . They sign after you and before your attorneys, to confirm that you understand the purpose and scope of the LPA, that no fraud or undue pressure is being used to make you create it, and that nothing else would prevent it (Mental Capacity Act 2005, Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(e)). They cannot be an attorney or replacement attorney, a member of your or an attorney’s family, an unmarried partner of yours or of an attorney, a business partner or employee of yours or of an attorney, or an owner, manager, director or employee of a care home where you live (reg. 8(3); the form, section 10). Sheet 2 has the full list.
A10 · The feeThe OPG’s fee to register is £92 for each LPA, £184 for both (October 2026). If you earn less than £12,000 you can apply for a reduction, and on certain benefits for an exemption, with form LPA120. Registration takes 8 to 10 weeks if there are no mistakes; sheet 3 has the steps.
PART BYour section 7. Preferences are wishes your attorneys should keep in mind; instructions are rules they must follow exactly. Each quoted line is the Office of the Public Guardian’s own example wording from its guide LP12, with your attorneys’ names where the OPG’s example has “A” and “B”: copy it exactly, or leave section 7 blank, as most people do. Instructions that are not legally correct would have to be removed before the LPA could be registered (the form, section 7). If you need more room, use Continuation sheet 2 and sign it before you sign section 9, or on the same day. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The OPG has not reviewed this document.
B1 · LP1F · Section 7Nothing: leave section 7 of form LP1F blank.
B2 · LP1H · Section 7Nothing: leave section 7 of form LP1H blank.
PART CStatement of wishes and feelings. This is the part you sign and date, below. It is not part of your LPA: keep it with your LPA papers, not inside the forms you send to the OPG, and give copies to your attorneys.
C1 · Who makes itI, , make this statement myself, while I am able to make my own decisions, so that anyone who one day has to decide something for me will know what I would want.
C2 · What it is forAnyone deciding something for me in my best interests, when I lack capacity to decide it myself, must consider, so far as is reasonably ascertainable, my past and present wishes and feelings, in particular any relevant written statement I made while I had capacity, and the beliefs and values that would be likely to influence my decision (Mental Capacity Act 2005, s. 4(6)). The same applies to my attorneys when they act under a lasting power of attorney (s. 4(8)). The Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice says that if a decision does not follow what I have written, the reasons must be recorded (para. 5.43).
C3 · What it is notThis statement is not a lasting power of attorney and gives no one authority to act for me. It is not an advance decision to refuse treatment under sections 24 to 26 of the Act, and it binds no one: it tells those who decide what I would want. It cannot oblige a doctor to give a treatment the doctor considers clinically unnecessary or inappropriate (Code of Practice, paras. 5.44 and 9.5). It is not a will.
C4 · Where I liveMy home: .
C5 · Money and presentsPresents and gifts from my money: .
C6 · People to consultI have not named anyone here to be consulted. Those deciding for me must still take into account, where it is practicable and appropriate to consult them, the views of anyone caring for me or interested in my welfare, and of my attorneys (Mental Capacity Act 2005, s. 4(7)).
C7 · In my own wordsWhat matters to me, my beliefs and values, my care and my daily life: