Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Prospective

Wills: requirements relating to executionN.I.

3—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if under section 113 the court makes an order or gives directions requiring or authorising a person (“the authorised person”) to execute a will on behalf of P.N.I.

(2) Any will executed in pursuance of the order or direction—

(a)must state that it is signed by P acting by the authorised person;

(b)must be signed by the authorised person with the name of P and the authorised person's own name, in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time;

(c)must be attested and subscribed by those witnesses in the presence of the authorised person; and

(d)must be sealed with the official seal of the court.