You can apply for a maintenance order under this Act by yourself or through an agent. You need to authorise your agent in writing to make the application on your behalf. If you are unable to authorise an agent, the manager of your estate under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 can make the application for you. You can also have a next friend make the application if there is no manager for your estate. This means someone can help you with the application if you cannot do it yourself. They can act on your behalf to make the application.

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154: Certificate of Registrar, or

"Court proof of money paid"

156: Service on disabled person, or

"What happens if someone takes you to court and you need help managing your affairs"

Part 9Procedure

155Applications by agents

A person who may apply for a maintenance order under this Act may do so by an agent authorised in writing by that person.
If a person is incapable of authorising an agent under subsection (1) to make an application on that person's behalf,—
the manager of that person's estate under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 may make the application; or
where there is no such manager, the next friend of the person may make the application.

Notes

Section 155(2)(a): amended, on 1 October 1988, pursuant to section 113 of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 (1988 No 4).