{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/9",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Section 16 powers: property and affairs",
  "text": "(1) The powers under section 16 as respects P's property and affairs extend in particular to—\n(a) the control and management of P's property;\n(b) the sale, exchange, charging, gift or other disposition of P's property;\n(c) the acquisition of property in P's name or on P's behalf;\n(d) the carrying on, on P's behalf, of any profession, trade or business;\n(e) the taking of a decision which will have the effect of dissolving a partnership of which P is a member;\n(f) the carrying out of any contract entered into by P;\n(g) the discharge of P's debts and of any of P's obligations, whether legally enforceable or not;\n(h) the settlement of any of P's property, whether for P's benefit or for the benefit of others;\n(i) the execution for P of a will;\n(j) the exercise of any power (including a power to consent) vested in P whether beneficially or as trustee or otherwise;\n(k) the conduct of legal proceedings in P's name or on P's behalf.\n(2) No will may be made under subsection (1)(i) at a time when P has not reached 18.\n(3) The powers under section 16 as respects any other matter relating to P's property and affairs may be exercised even though P has not reached 16, if the court considers it likely that P will still lack capacity to make decisions in respect of that matter when he reaches 18.\n(4) Schedule 2 supplements the provisions of this section.\n(5) Section 16(7) (variation and discharge of court orders) is subject to paragraph 6 of Schedule 2.\n(6) Subsection (1) is subject to section 20 (restrictions on deputies).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:24.228713+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}