Appointee Law

Hi,

Can anyone please tell me if there is anywhere on the internet where I can find information regarding the LAW regarding appointees and their rights under the "law of the land".

I've searched high and low and can find vague references in various Social Security Legislation, and can find lots of information regarding "DWP guidance" and appointees, but it would appear that "guidance rules" made by a government organisation are very different to the actual LAW.

For such an important post with onerous implications, there seems to be very little hard facts that I can discover, and it almost seems to me that becoming an appointee is like entering into a game that has the complexities of cricket, where only one side knows the rules and is reluctant to tell the other, and when a dispute arises, that same side seems to make up the rules to suit themselves.

QX81 wrote: Hi,

Can anyone please tell me if there is anywhere on the internet where I can find information regarding the LAW regarding appointees and their rights under the "law of the land".

I've searched high and low and can find vague references in various Social Security Legislation, and can find lots of information regarding "DWP guidance" and appointees, but it would appear that "guidance rules" made by a government organisation are very different to the actual LAW.

For such an important post with onerous implications, there seems to be very little hard facts that I can discover, and it almost seems to me that becoming an appointee is like entering into a game that has the complexities of cricket, where only one side knows the rules and is reluctant to tell the other, and when a dispute arises, that same side seems to make up the rules to suit themselves.

Hi QX81,

You query is not really within the forum's remit !

However, does this help ? :

Becoming an Appointee for someone claiming benefits.

&

Power of Attorney

bro58

Apologies if this is not in the correct forum, but I'm not sure where else to ask.

As an appointee, I'm due to go to an appeals tribunal shortly and know from previous experience that it is the "law of the land" that counts most when the final decision is being made.

The problem I have is determining whether information published (say, on a government website) is "the law of the land" or "guidance rules".

For example, on the first link you gave, are the steps involved in becoming an appointee "set down in law" or are they "guidance rules"?

Incredibly confusing and probably impossible to answer, but very important in the final analysis ......

Thanks Gordon,

It almost seems as if you need to be a trained lawyer when it comes to volunteering to look after someone with a disability. You've confirmed what I thought.

Just as an update, the tribunal will be held in a couple of weeks time and the judge has directed that a Presenting Officer be in attendance due to the fact that he issued a direction notice requesting more information from the DWP within 21 days, which they subsequently failed to comply with.

Could be an interesting hour or so ....