Authority to act

9.1    The Client Affairs team will not begin to manage anyone’s property and financial affairs until the person and all relevant interested parties have been formally notified of the proposed deputyship application and given opportunity to object. If no objection is received within 14 days of notification, application will be made to the Court of Protection to become property and affairs deputy, and the DWP to become benefit appointee. The Client Affairs team will begin to manage the person’s property and financial affairs once the DWP appointeeship has been confirmed, or the Court of Protection has granted an interim or final deputyship order. 

9.2.    Once authority is obtained, the Client Affairs team will:

• inform all relevant parties (for example financial institutions, care home) of its authority to act on the person’s behalf, and
  
  
• act within the limits of the DWP appointeeship or the deputyship order granted by the Court of Protection