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Powers of Attorney Act 2006
41EAttorney must not benefit etc from attorney’s decision
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41E Attorney must not benefit etc from attorney’s decision
(1) An attorney must not—
(a) accept a fee or other benefit for consenting, or refusing to
consent, to a principal participating in low-risk research under
section 41C or medical research under section 41D; and
(b) be involved in, or connected to, the research.
(2) To remove any doubt, subsection (1) (a) does not apply to any
personal benefit to the attorney because of an improvement in the
principal’s health as a result of participating in the research.