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###(a) the property the adult has and its approximate value;
###(a) the property the adult has and its approximate value;
###(b) the obligations the adult owes to his or her dependants;  
###(b) the obligations the adult owes to his or her dependants;  
###(c) that the adult's attorney will be able to do on the adult's behalf anything in respect of the adult's financial affairs that the adult could do if capable, except make a will, subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in the enduring power of attorney;  
###(c) that the adult's attorney will be able to do on the adult's behalf anything in respect of the adult's financial affairs that the adult could do if capable, except make a will, subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in the enduring power of attorney;
 
###(d) that, unless the attorney manages the adult's business and property prudently, their value may decline;
###(e) that the attorney might misuse the attorney's authority;
###(f) that the adult may, if capable, revoke the enduring power of attorney;
###(g) any other prescribed matter.
#POAA, s. 17 (1).
#POAA, s. s27 (1).
#Online: www.nidus.ca (Last accessed: May 1, 2014).
#The enduring power of attorney  or a representation  agreement  for property is  suspended if the person granting the  power    has been “certified”  under the Patient Property Act. [RSBC 1996] c. 349, s. 19.1.
#POAA, s. 30 (4)  (b). For some people, the duties may continue  but  only under other legal  authority,  e.g.  as executor of will, administrator  of the estate,  representative grant. 
#POAA, s. 28.
#POAA,  s. 31 (3).
#POAA, s. 35 (2).
#POAA, s. 35.
#POAA, s. 35 (1).
#POAA, s. 29 (2) (d) (i).
#POAA, s.29 (2) (d).
#POAA, s. 34 (2) (a).
#POAA, s. 34 (2) (c ) (i).
#POAA, s. 34 (2) (b).
#POAA, s. 34 (2).
#POAA, s. 34 (3).
#Adult Guardianship Act [RSBC 1996] c. 6 [“AGA”]
#Patients Property Act, [RSBC 1996] c. 349. {“PPA”]
#Goodrich v. British Columbia (Registrar of Land Titles), [2004] BCCA 100
#Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, Bill 29.
#Canadian Bankers Association. Consumer Information. “Protecting yourself from financial abuse”. Online: http://www.cba.ca/en/consumer-information/92-protecting-yourself-from-financial-abuse/695-powers-of-attorney-bank-requirements {“CBA, 1”] (Last accessed: May 1, 2014).
#Canadian Bankers Association. Preventing Financial Abuse. Online: http://www.cba.ca/contents/files/misc/msc-preventing-finabuse-print-en.pdf [“CBA, 2”] (Last accessed: May1, 2014).
#CBA, 2, ibid.
#L. Beachell, of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, comment in Tomlinson, K. (Nov. 12, 2012). “RBC blocks housebound senior from getting her money .” CBC News. Online:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rbc-blocks-housebound-senior-from-getting-her-money-1.1210222(Last accessed:  May 1,  2014).
#POAA, s. 19(1).
#POAA, s. 19(1).
#POAA, s.19.
#POAA, s. 19.
#POAA, c.370, 19 (3) (c).
#POAA, s.19 (3).
#There is an exception made where the individual working the facility is a child, parent or spouse of the adult.
#POAA, s. 32 (1) (a) and (b); also, s. 32 (2).




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References[edit]

  1. Adapted from Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE), Long Term Care Facility Advocate’s Manual, January 2004. [“ACE, Manual”]
  2. ACE, Manual.
  3. ACE, Manual.
  4. Representation Agreement Act [RSBC 1996] c. 405, s. 3.1. [“RAA”] Last accessed: April 22, 2014.
  5. Health Care Consent and Care Facility (Admission) Act, s. 19.91, [“HCCCFA”} Last accessed: April 22, 2014.
  6. ACE, Manual.
  7. Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act [RSBC 1996] c. 181 [ “HCCCFA”]
  8. HCCCFAA, s. 16 (2)
  9. “Spouse” includes people in “marriage -like relationships”, covering both formalized and common law marriages, as well as same sex marriage-like relationships. HCCCFA, s. 1
  10. HCCCFAA, s. 16 (1).
  11. HCCCFAA, s. 16 (4).
  12. HCCCFAA, s. 16 (3).
  13. HCCCFAA, s. S. 17(1).
  14. HCCCFA, s. 1 “health care” subsection (b) (ii)
  15. HCCCFA, s. 19 (1) (a) (i).
  16. HCCCCFA, s. 19 (1) (b).
  17. HCCCFA, s. 19 (1) (a) (ii).
  18. HCCCFA, s.19 (2).
  19. HCCCFA, s. 19 (3). Also NIDUS, Health Care Consent: Restrictions on the Authority of a Temporary Substitute Decision Maker. Online: http://www.nidus.ca/PDFs/Nidus_Info_Restrictions_on_Authority_TSDM.pdf (Last accessed: May 1, 2014).
  20. HCCCFAA, s. S. 17 (6).
  21. HCCCFAA, s. S. 17 (8).
  22. HCCCFA, s. 17 (2.2) (a).
  23. HCCCFAA, s. S. 17 (5).
  24. HCCCFAA, s. 33 (2) (a).
  25. HCCCFAA, s. 33 (2) (b).
  26. Health Care Consent Regulation B.C. Reg. 20/2000, as amended, s. 5. [“HCCCFA Reg”]
  27. HCCCFAA, s. 33.1.
  28. HCCCFAA, s. 16 (4).
  29. ACE, Manual.
  30. Power of Attorney Act [RSBC 1996]c 370, s. 1 [“POAA”]
  31. POAA, s. 12 (2). Adult may make enduring power of attorney unless incapable.\
    1. 12 (1)An adult may make an enduring power of attorney unless the adult is incapable of understanding the nature and consequences of the proposed enduring power of attorney.
    2. (2) An adult is incapable of understanding the nature and consequences of the proposed enduring power of attorney if the adult cannot understand all of the following:
      1. (a) the property the adult has and its approximate value;
      2. (b) the obligations the adult owes to his or her dependants;
      3. (c) that the adult's attorney will be able to do on the adult's behalf anything in respect of the adult's financial affairs that the adult could do if capable, except make a will, subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in the enduring power of attorney;
      4. (d) that, unless the attorney manages the adult's business and property prudently, their value may decline;
      5. (e) that the attorney might misuse the attorney's authority;
      6. (f) that the adult may, if capable, revoke the enduring power of attorney;
      7. (g) any other prescribed matter.
  32. POAA, s. 17 (1).
  33. POAA, s. s27 (1).
  34. Online: www.nidus.ca (Last accessed: May 1, 2014).
  35. The enduring power of attorney or a representation agreement for property is suspended if the person granting the power has been “certified” under the Patient Property Act. [RSBC 1996] c. 349, s. 19.1.
  36. POAA, s. 30 (4) (b). For some people, the duties may continue but only under other legal authority, e.g. as executor of will, administrator of the estate, representative grant.
  37. POAA, s. 28.
  38. POAA, s. 31 (3).
  39. POAA, s. 35 (2).
  40. POAA, s. 35.
  41. POAA, s. 35 (1).
  42. POAA, s. 29 (2) (d) (i).
  43. POAA, s.29 (2) (d).
  44. POAA, s. 34 (2) (a).
  45. POAA, s. 34 (2) (c ) (i).
  46. POAA, s. 34 (2) (b).
  47. POAA, s. 34 (2).
  48. POAA, s. 34 (3).
  49. Adult Guardianship Act [RSBC 1996] c. 6 [“AGA”]
  50. Patients Property Act, [RSBC 1996] c. 349. {“PPA”]
  51. Goodrich v. British Columbia (Registrar of Land Titles), [2004] BCCA 100
  52. Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, Bill 29.
  53. Canadian Bankers Association. Consumer Information. “Protecting yourself from financial abuse”. Online: http://www.cba.ca/en/consumer-information/92-protecting-yourself-from-financial-abuse/695-powers-of-attorney-bank-requirements {“CBA, 1”] (Last accessed: May 1, 2014).
  54. Canadian Bankers Association. Preventing Financial Abuse. Online: http://www.cba.ca/contents/files/misc/msc-preventing-finabuse-print-en.pdf [“CBA, 2”] (Last accessed: May1, 2014).
  55. CBA, 2, ibid.
  56. L. Beachell, of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, comment in Tomlinson, K. (Nov. 12, 2012). “RBC blocks housebound senior from getting her money .” CBC News. Online:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rbc-blocks-housebound-senior-from-getting-her-money-1.1210222(Last accessed: May 1, 2014).

  1. POAA, s. 19(1).
  2. POAA, s. 19(1).
  3. POAA, s.19.
  4. POAA, s. 19.
  5. POAA, c.370, 19 (3) (c).
  6. POAA, s.19 (3).
  7. There is an exception made where the individual working the facility is a child, parent or spouse of the adult.
  8. POAA, s. 32 (1) (a) and (b); also, s. 32 (2).


This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support, June 2014.