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The Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendment) Order 1987

S.I. 1987/1628 · Made 15 September 1987

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NORTHERN IRELAND

Made 15th September 1987

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(b)

At the Court at Balmoral, the 15th day of September 1987

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38(2) of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973f1 as extended by paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974f2, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c. 36; section 38 was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Northern Ireland Act 1982 (c. 38).

f2

1974 c. 28.

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment of Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and extent

This Order—

(a)

may be cited as the Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendment) Order 1987;

(b)

shall come into force on the day appointed under Article 1(2) of the Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland) Order 1987f1 for the coming into operation of that Order, and

(c)

extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.

2Amendment of Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985

In section 7(3) of the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985f1, after the words “under this Act” there shall be inserted the words “or under the Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland) Order 1987”.

Signature

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 7(3) of the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 provides that an office copy of an instrument registered under that Act is to be evidence in any part of the United Kingdom of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been registered.

This Order, which is made in consequence of the Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, extends section 7(3) to instruments registered under that Order.