LP1F and LP1H forms (lasting power of attorney for property and financial affairs, and for health and welfare)

GOV.UK's guide (LP12) says there are two kinds of lasting power of attorney, covering two kinds of decisions, and each has its own form. To choose both, fill in both forms.

• ✓LP1F is for property and financial affairs decisions. The guide's examples include using bank and building society accounts, claiming and using benefits and pensions, paying bills, making or selling investments, and buying or selling your home.
• ✓LP1H is for health and welfare decisions. The guide's examples include giving or refusing consent to health care, staying at home with support from social services, moving into residential care, and day-to-day matters such as diet, dress or daily routine.

An LPA is for just one person, the donor. GOV.UK says that if you want different attorneys for your personal finances and your business affairs, you fill in two LP1F forms.

One difference to know before you start. On LP1F you choose in section 5 whether your attorneys can act as soon as the LPA is registered or only if you lack mental capacity. GOV.UK says that attorneys under a health and welfare LPA can only make decisions when you have lost the capacity to make them.

GOV.UK says you can make a lasting power of attorney online or using paper forms. Either way, other people have to sign, including the attorneys and witnesses. GOV.UK also says you can get someone else, such as a family member, friend or solicitor, to use the online service or fill in the paper forms for you.

GOV.UK's online service lets you save your forms and finish them later, and review your answers. GOV.UK says you still need to print out the forms and sign them when you have finished.

LP1F and LP1H are the paper route. RepeatForm works with those PDFs. It does not replace GOV.UK's online service, and it does not send or file anything.

GOV.UK's "Lasting power of attorney forms" page offers the two forms as separate PDFs, each 24 pages:

• ✓LPA for financial decisions (LP1F)
• ✓LPA for health and care decisions (LP1H)

It also offers a complete pack for each type, large print packs, the LP12 guide, continuation sheets (LPC), the form to notify people (LP3) and LPA120 for help with fees. GOV.UK says to make sure your printer's page size is set to A4 or Fit. For another format such as braille or audio, it says to email customerservices@publicguardian.gov.uk.

Both forms are marked 08.25 (August 2025) on every page. Check the GOV.UK page for the current edition.

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The LP1F has 15 sections. GOV.UK's LP12 guide says to read it through before you start, and that if someone else fills in the form for you, you must still choose what goes into your LPA.

Section 1, the donor. Your name, date of birth and address, and an email address if you have one. The guide says to give any other names you use, such as a married name. You must be at least 18 and have mental capacity.

Section 2, the attorneys. Full names, addresses and dates of birth. You need at least one attorney. The page has room for four. For more, mark the "more attorneys" box and use Continuation sheet 1. A trust corporation can be an attorney on LP1F: fill in its details, mark the trust corporation box and use Continuation sheet 4.

Section 3, how your attorneys make decisions. Mark one box. With one attorney, tick that box. With more than one, choose jointly and severally, jointly, or jointly for some decisions and jointly and severally for others. The last needs Continuation sheet 2. The guide says that if no option is selected, the law provides that attorneys are appointed to act jointly.

Section 4, replacement attorneys. Optional. Room for two; use Continuation sheet 1 for more. A box lets you change when or how replacements act, using Continuation sheet 2. If you leave the section blank, the guide says you must still include the page in the LPA.

Section 5, when your attorneys can make decisions. Mark one box: as soon as the LPA is registered (and also when you lack capacity), or only when you lack capacity.

Section 6, people to notify. Optional. Up to four on the page and a fifth on Continuation sheet 1.

Section 7, preferences and instructions. Optional. Continuation sheet 2 if you need more space. The guide says most people leave this blank.

Section 8, your legal rights and responsibilities. Information, not a question. The form says everyone signing must read it.

Sections 9 to 11, the signatures. See "Signing order and witnesses" below.

Section 12, the applicant. Who is applying to register: the donor or the attorneys. Not both together.

Section 13, who receives the LPA. One person GOV.UK can contact with questions, who will also receive the registered LPA: the donor, an attorney or someone else.

Section 14, application fee. How you will pay, or a reduced fee using LPA120. See "Fee and registration" below.

Section 15, the applicant's signature. See below.

The sections run in the same order, 1 to 15. The differences are these.

Section 2, the attorneys. GOV.UK's guide says an attorney for a health and welfare LPA must be a person, not a company. Trust corporations are described for LP1F only.

Section 5, life-sustaining treatment. This replaces LP1F's "when can your attorneys make decisions". The form explains life-sustaining treatment, with examples including a serious operation, cancer treatment and artificial nutrition or hydration. You choose Option A (you give your attorneys authority to give or refuse consent to life-sustaining treatment on your behalf) or Option B (you do not). The guide says to sign only one option, and to sign and date the page. Your signature must be witnessed, with the witness's full name and address.

Section 9, the donor's signature. The declaration refers to health and welfare decisions, made when you cannot act for yourself because you lack mental capacity, and to your choice of Option A or Option B.

GOV.UK says the people involved must sign in the correct order. If they do not, the Office of the Public Guardian will not register the LPA. GOV.UK's guide gives this order:

• ✓The donor signs first. On LP1H that includes section 5. Sign any continuation sheets 1 and 2 you used before section 9.
• ✓A witness signs straight after the donor, with their full name and address.
• ✓The certificate provider signs section 10.
• ✓Every attorney and replacement attorney signs section 11, in front of a witness. Trust corporations sign Continuation sheet 4 instead.
• ✓Last, the person applying to register signs and dates section 15.

GOV.UK says everyone must sign the same original document. They cannot sign copies or use digital signatures.

Who can witness. Witnesses must be 18 or over. GOV.UK says attorneys can witness each other signing, but cannot witness the donor signing. The donor cannot be a witness when the attorneys sign. The guide says a certificate provider can be a witness.

If the donor cannot sign or make a mark, the guide says someone else can sign for them using Continuation sheet 3, and that signature must be witnessed by two people.

GOV.UK says the certificate provider confirms that you are making the LPA by choice and understand what you are doing. They sign after the donor and before the attorneys, and must read sections 8 and 10 first.

The guide says a certificate provider must be at least 18 and either someone who has known you well for at least two years, or someone with relevant professional skills, such as a registered healthcare professional, solicitor or social worker. It lists people who cannot do it, including attorneys and replacement attorneys, members of your or your attorneys' families, business partners and employees. Attorneys cannot sign as certificate provider.

The guide also says that once a certificate provider has signed section 10, you cannot change who it is.

GOV.UK says you must register the LPA with the Office of the Public Guardian, or your attorney cannot make decisions for you. Only the donor or an attorney can apply. GOV.UK says it takes 8 to 10 weeks if there are no mistakes in the application.

• ✓Before you register, GOV.UK says to send form LP3 to everyone listed as a person to notify. They have 3 weeks to raise any concerns. GOV.UK's guide says each person to notify gets their own LP3, and that if you register two LPAs you notify each person twice.
• ✓GOV.UK says applying to register an LPA costs £92, and £184 for both a health and welfare LPA and a property and affairs LPA. The fee changes from time to time, so check GOV.UK before you pay.
• ✓GOV.UK says you can pay by card or cheque. Make a cheque payable to "Office of the Public Guardian". It says you cannot use Payment by Account.
• ✓You can apply for a reduced fee if you earn less than £12,000, and you may be exempt on certain benefits. GOV.UK says to use form LPA120.
• ✓GOV.UK says that if you make a mistake, depending on the type, the Office of the Public Guardian may let you correct it and apply again within 3 months for £46.

The guide says to use no correction fluid or stickers. Each mistake should be crossed through, corrected and initialled by the person who made it.

GOV.UK says to send the original, signed LPA form and the fee to the Office of the Public Guardian at PO Box 16185, Birmingham, B2 2WH. The address is also printed on the form. GOV.UK says that if you do not have the original, you can send a certified copy with a covering letter explaining why.

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