Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
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Revocation of co-decision-making agreement and removal from Register | ||
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29. (1) A co-decision-making agreement, whether registered or not, may be revoked in whole or in part at any time by the appointer or the co-decision-maker, or both. | ||
(2) A revocation or revocation in part of a co-decision-making agreement shall be in writing and shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by regulations made under section 31 . | ||
(3) Subject to section 17 (6), a revocation or a revocation in part of a co-decision-making agreement shall be signed by the person or persons making the revocation and, in the case of a revocation by the appointer, his or her signature shall be acknowledged by 2 witnesses and section 17 (7) shall apply with the necessary modifications. | ||
(4) Where a revocation or revocation in part is made after the co-decision-making agreement concerned has been registered, the person making the revocation shall notify the Director of the revocation or revocation in part, as the case may be. | ||
(5) Upon receipt of a notification under subsection (4) the Director shall— | ||
(a) where the revocation concerns the whole of the co-decision-making agreement concerned, remove the co-decision-making agreement to which the revocation relates from the Register, and | ||
(b) where the revocation is a revocation in part, identify on the Register the extent of the revocation, | ||
and in either case notify the persons specified in section 21 (3) of the fact of the revocation or revocation in part, as the case may be. | ||
(6) In this section a “revocation in part” means a revocation (whether by the co-decision-maker or the appointer or both), whereby the co-decision-maker continues to act as co-decision-maker for the appointer in respect of one or more relevant decisions which are the subject of the co-decision-making agreement. |