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This leaflet, co-authored by the Office of the Public Guardian and British banking bodies, includes guidance on:

• your powers as a deputy or attorney managing a bank account for someone else, who may or may not have mental capacity
• documents that deputies and attorneys need to show banks and other financial institutions to manage an account for someone else
• how to manage a joint account when one of the account holders no longer has mental capacity

This guidance applies to England and Wales.