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title: "Enduring power of attorney (Western Australia): information kit, when it starts, and what it does not cover"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-wa-enduring-power-of-attorney"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a18-form-wa-enduring-power-of-attorney"
area_id: "A18"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A18-T1-R1", "A18-X20260927-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Enduring power of attorney (Western Australia): information kit, when it starts, and what it does not cover

> Link to the WA Government's enduring power of attorney page and information kit, with a guide to who can make one, choosing when it starts, the State Administrative Tribunal's role, its limit to property and financial…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-wa-enduring-power-of-attorney  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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Link to the WA Government's enduring power of attorney page and information kit, with a guide to who can make one, choosing when it starts, the State Administrative Tribunal's role, its limit to property and financial affairs, and revocation.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Elder Law & Powers of Attorney / Guardianship](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship.md)
- Jurisdictions: Western Australia
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at wa.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Western Australia.

## When to use it

Use when a Western Australian client aged 18 or over with full legal capacity wants to appoint an attorney for property and financial affairs. Personal and lifestyle decisions need an enduring power of guardianship.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft an enduring power of attorney (financial) from the instructions](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship.md#A18-T1-R1)
- [Build the execution and witnessing plan for an enduring instrument before signing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship.md#A18-X20260927-1)

## How AI may be used

AI may help prepare the form from the client's confirmed instructions inside the firm's checked process and plan the signing and witnessing; the lawyer takes the instructions alone with the client, checks capacity and every entry in each instrument, and supervises execution.

**AI may:**

- Transfer confirmed instructions (attorneys, how they act, when the power starts, limits) into a checking sheet for the lawyer
- Check the completed form against the instructions and list every difference
- Build the execution plan: who signs, which witnesses are eligible, and the order of signing and acceptance
- Draft a plain-language explanation of the signed instrument for the client, for the lawyer to check

**AI must not:**

- Must not take instructions from anyone other than the person making the instrument
- Must not assess the person's capacity or whether they are acting freely
- Must not choose the attorneys, the way they act, or any limits or conditions
- Must not sign, witness or certify anything

**The lawyer checks:**

- The client is 18 or over with full legal capacity, and is making it for themselves
- Start date chosen: immediately, or only if the State Administrative Tribunal declares the person has lost capacity
- Limited to property and financial affairs; personal and lifestyle decisions dealt with by an enduring power of guardianship if wanted
- Execution follows the current information kit

## Authorities

- [Western Australian Government, Enduring Power of Attorney](https://www.wa.gov.au/service/justice/civil-law/enduring-power-of-attorney)
- [Office of the Public Advocate (WA), Enduring Power of Attorney Information Kit](https://www.wa.gov.au/government/publications/enduring-power-of-attorney-information-kit)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.wa.gov.au/service/justice/civil-law/enduring-power-of-attorney)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by wa.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/elder-law-and-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/form-wa-enduring-power-of-attorney and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*